Jonglei civil servants receive salary arrears
Jonglei civil servants receive salary arrears Government employees in South Sudan’s Jonglei State started receiving two months’ salary arrears last week after nearly six months without pay. The pay comes as some civil servants across the country have threatened to go on strike and others plead for payment of accumulated salary arrears. Several civil servants interviewed by Radio Tamazuj yesterday welcomed the long-overdue pay but tasked the government to clear the remaining arrears so as to carter for inflation and ease the rising cost of living during the festive season. “Two months'...