Zimbabwe nurses threaten action over broken allowance review promise

In Zimbabwe, the hands that tend the sick have grown weary not only from the weight of their work, but from the weight of broken promises. Since 2022, health-specific allowances for nurses and allied professionals have remained frozen while inflation has quietly consumed their value — and a government commitment made in April 2026 to review those allowances before mid-year has passed without action. The Zimbabwe Nurses Association now stands at a threshold, warning that a workforce pushed to the edge of financial dignity cannot be expected to hold indefinitely, and that the integrity of the na