Collective Bargaining Agreement Harare Municipal Undertaking General Conditions of Service
Harare Municipality's May 2023 salary agreement rebases the lowest grade 16 basic salary at US$143 paid at the bank rate, keeps housing at 25% of basic and transport at US$95, and raises the education allowance to US$200 per term.
This Collective Bargaining Agreement, registered under section 79 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01], is the May 2023 salary agreement for the Harare Municipal Undertaking. It is between Harare Municipality and four unions — the Municipal Workers Union of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers Union (Harare Branch), the Water and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Allied Municipalities Workers Union — through the Employment Council for the Harare Municipal Undertaking.
The basic salary is rebased on the January 2023 salary, which translates to US$143 for the lowest paid grade 16, payable at the prevailing bank rate. Higher grades follow the existing structure.
Allowances agreed: a COVID-19 allowance of US$50 paid into Nostro accounts plus US$120 at the prevailing bank rate, alongside a maintained COVID-19 allowance of ZWL$1 500; housing allowance kept at 25 per cent of basic salary; transport allowance kept at US$95 at the prevailing bank rate; water and rates at US$56,80 for the lowest grade 16, cascading up the grades; an electricity allowance equivalent to 300 units a month; and an education allowance raised from ZWL$60 000 per term to US$200 per term, paid once off at the prevailing bank rate.
The agreement took effect on 1 May 2023, with all adjustments to be paid by 9 June 2023 and USD-equivalent components converted at the rate obtaining on the Tuesday of that week. It was signed at Harare on 26 May 2023 and gazetted on 23 February 2024, so the pay run it governs is long past — its continuing value is as the registered baseline of conditions and as the basis for any back-pay claim.
What changed
- Basic salary rebased on January 2023, giving grade 16 US$143 at the prevailing bank rate
- COVID-19 allowance of US$50 in Nostro accounts plus US$120 at the bank rate, with the ZWL$1 500 allowance maintained
- Housing allowance stays at 25% of basic salary; transport allowance stays at US$95
- Water and rates set at US$56,80 for grade 16, cascading by grade; electricity allowance equivalent to 300 units a month
- Education allowance raised from ZWL$60 000 to US$200 per term, paid once off
- Effective 1 May 2023, with adjustments payable by 9 June 2023
Who this affects
- City of Harare employees, especially the lowest paid grade 16
- Members of MWUZ, ZUCWU, WAWUZ and ZAMWU
- Harare Municipality payroll and human capital staff
- Employees claiming the education, water and rates or electricity allowances
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