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Zimbabwe Doctors Ignore Court Order to Return to Work

Rutendo Mawere

   HARARE, ZIMBABWE - Gibbs Dube of VOA's Zimbabwe Service and James Butty
   of VOA's English to Africa Service contributed to this report from
   Washington.

   Government-employed doctors on Monday ignored a labor court ultimatum
   to return to work, saying they remain incapacitated by poor wages and
   inadequate health facilities.

   Justices Lawrence Murasi and Rodgers Manyangadze ordered doctors last
   Friday to report for duty within 48 hours. They declared the strike
   illegal and referred the dispute between the doctors and the government
   to arbitration within 14 days.

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