Unions warn of teachers' strike

Zimbabwe teachers protesting their low wages are threatening to go on strike when schools reopen next month, as the country’s deteriorating economy simultaneously faces yet another hike in fuel prices. According to a Polity report, the Progressive Teachers’ Union secretary-general, Raymond Majongwe, issued the warning on Twitter saying it would be difficult to open schools when the third term begins because teachers had been reduced to beggars with the rapid increase in the prices of basic goods. The report says the strike warning followed the government last month providing the civil servants with a cushioning allowance which was dismissed by the teachers as nothing when compared to the rate at which prices were increasing.