Zimbabwe's striking civil servants, now in week three of a strike to back up demands for increased salaries, started sitting in Monday at their workplaces.
Representatives of the country's state employees said a majority of them showed up today to take their usual places - but without performing their duties.
Zimbabwe Teachers Association President Tendayi Chikowore, chairman of the Apex Council negotiating panel for civil servants, told VOA Studio 7 reporter Patience Rusere that worker representatives and government officials might meet this week to discuss the demand by unions and worker associations for a minimum salary of US$630 a month.
The strike by public workers has paralyzed most of the country's ministries and agencies and forced many Zimbabweans to put their lives on hold, reported VOA Studio 7 correspondent Arthur Chigoriwa from the Mashonaland West capital of Chinhoyi.