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Zimbabwe: Confusion As Some Teachers Stay Home Despite Deal With Government
Confusion surrounds the situation regarding teachers in the country after the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) made a deal with the government last Thursday and ordered striking teachers back to work. As of Monday, some teachers from ZIMTA said they were not returning to their posts until the agreed Z$ 14 million for September was in their accounts.
Zimbabwe: Teachers’ Strike Shuts Down Schools
THOUSANDS of disgruntled teachers will tomorrow shun classrooms, signalling the beginning of one of the most potentially crippling strikes in the education sector since independence.
The industrial action, over poor pay and what the teachers describe as appalling working conditions could lead to the shutdown of all government, mission and council schools in the country.
Zimbabwe: Majongwe Threatened With Death As Police Urges Teachers to Strike
The leader of a combative teachers union, Raymond Majongwe, alleges that Zimbabwe’s feared secret police have threatened him with death for calling a teachers strike that has crippled the country’s education system.
newZimbabwe.com: Zimbabwe teachers strike over pay
ZIMBABWE’S largest teachers’ union called a crippling nationwide strike starting Monday this week demanding more pay.
Several schools up and down the country closed down on the first day of the strike as teachers heeded the strike call. In some schools which opened, teachers refused to conduct lessons.
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) said the withdrawal of labour was caused by “extreme poverty” suffered by teachers due to poor pay.
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