Zimbabwe: Teachers intensify strike

by E Wayne Ross on March 11, 2008

Zimbabwe Independent: Teachers intensify strike

ZIMBABAWE’S education system was paralysed this week as a teachers’ strike for better working conditions and remuneration intensified with no immediate solution in sight.

The teachers embarked on industrial action last week to press for a monthly salary of $1,7 billion and improved working conditions.

According to information at hand, only headmasters and their deputies reported for duty.

The country’s largest teachers’ union, Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta), told the Zimbabwe Independent that the strike would continue until the government meets their demands.

Peter Mabhande, the chief executive officer of Zimta, ruled out an immediate engagement with the government to end the strike.

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