Zimbabwe: We Are Not Weaklings, We Are Not Cowards – Rural Teachers Say, As Requests for Salary Hikes Are Ignored

AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Association of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) secretary general Robson Chere has bemoaned government’s decision to ignore their plight, and warned that their silence should not be taken for weakness or cowardice.

Teachers, represented by ARTUZ and various other unions, are demanding a US$1,260 monthly salary, up from not more than US$350 they currently earn.

The US$350 is paid in ZiG, Zimbabwe’s latest of the many failed currencies it has introduced since the early 2000s.

Government…