 During their 15 @-@ day rest periods the company 's men congregated around the Belgian @-@ owned Elizabeth Hotel , in the centre of the city at the corner of Causeway and <unk> Road . Many of them became seriously disaffected when they first received their salary from the Rhodesian Army . Having apparently been <unk> about wages of up to R $ 1 @,@ 000 per month ( <unk> 7 @,@ 000 ) by the French <unk> , they were surprised to find that their basic monthly pay was actually R $ 245 ( <unk> 1 @,@ 800 ) , the same as a regular Rhodesian soldier . Moreover , some were upset that they had been paid in Rhodesian dollars , which because of the country 's international isolation could not easily be exchanged for foreign currencies . Although it was not as much as they had been expecting , one disenchanted veteran of the unit afterwards admitted that the tax @-@ exempt R $ 245 wage , which came with a $ 10 special @-@ unit supplement , was still more than enough money for them to live comfortably in Salisbury during their time off . 
