Teachers in Zimbabwe on Tuesday staged street protest to demand better working conditions including improved salaries.
The teachers are unhappy with their salaries describing them as very low and below the poverty line and have vowed not to return to work for the second term until their demands are met.
Scores of these teachers marched on the streets of Harare to alert the Mnangagwa administration of their intent to stay away from work until their demands are met.
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The current protest by the teachers is coming weeks after doctors in the Southern African country and went on strike over salaries and working conditions.
The strike affected healthcare services in public hospitals with the doctors vowing not to return to work until their demands are met.
The government is yet to agree to the doctors’ demand of increased on-call allowances for doctors to $10 an hour from the current $1.50.
Zimbabwe is currently facing economic challenges with the current government hoping to fix those issues in the coming months to bring relief to citizens.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office last year after a military takeover forcing long term leader, Robert Mugabe to resign.
Source: Africafeeds.com
