Rural teachers to picket at Ncube’s offices

Rural teachers have resolved to start picketing at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s offices on pay days starting this month, to push for salaries pegged at interbank market rates.

Dubbed Pay Day Funerals, the protests will be led by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz).

Artuz president Obert Masaraure told NewsDay that when picketing, teachers will wear black costumes as a sign that they are mourning the erosion of the value of their salaries.

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