Good times are coming, Mugabe tells Zimbabweans

Harare - President Robert Mugabe says the "good times are coming" for Zimbabweans even as he lamented civil servants' low pay and revealed he earns about $12 000 (about R142 000) a month, it was reported on Friday.

Mugabe said he earned a basic salary of $10 000 (about R118 000) a month, with about $2000 (about R24 000) in benefits.

"We were looking at the salaries for the other presidents the other day, but we say as long as we have sadza nenyama [pap and meat] and we have cattle and goats... well that's all right, we will keep alive," Mugabe was quoted as saying by the Herald newspaper.