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Zimbabwe Teachers Plan Strike
Masvingo, - A leading teachers' representative body has threatened industrial action ahead of the schools opening on January 12, to force government to award them salaries above the Poverty Datum Line (PDL).
Masvingo,- A leading teachers' representative body has threatened industrial action ahead of the schools opening on January 12, to force government to award them salaries above the Poverty Datum Line (PDL).
The teachers are demanding Us 600.
In an exclusive interview with Radio VOP on Tuesday morning, the president of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Takavafira Zhou, said: "We have given the inclusive government enough time and a long rope to tie itself. It is high time they give us salries above the poverty datum line, meaning anything not less than $600."
Zhou said they had discovered that government intended to raise salaries to USd 300.
"The teachers told us that schools will not open unless their demands are met. So I have to obey the people I serve," he added.
Provincial Education Director (PED) from the Ministry of Education, Arts, Sports and Culture, Ms Clara Dube, confirmed having seen a petition from PTUZ.
"We did recieve the petition with the teacher's demands, and we forwarded them to the head office," Dube said.
Another teachers organisation, ZIMTA, said it was still consulting to come up with a position.
