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Nurses go on strike

    JOHANNESBURG

    A week after striking doctors returned to work, the majority of Zimbabwe’s 9,000 government nurses have gone on strike demanding higher salaries and better working conditions, AFP reported on Wednesday.

    In a dispatch quoting Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA), it said 6,000 nurses began the action on Monday. The remaining 3,000 nurses, mostly in the capital Harare, were undecided as their hospitals struggle to make up for lost time caused by the doctors’ strike, according to ZINA spokeswoman Stella Zengwa.

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