Teachers have ignored the military threats given to nurses last week and threatened to do their own strike.

There is a looming strike and union leaders have indicated they are going to put down their chalks in protest over working conditions.

The development is set to see another confrontation set to expose the government’s business culture at a time when it needs to attract foreign investment.

Last week Vice President Constantino Chiwenga caused a stir when he reportedly threatened nurses militarily, in what raised public anger over the matter.

The Progressive Teachers’ Union (PTUZ) secretary general, Raymond Majongwe is quoted by Daily News saying the newly formed Federation of Zimbabwe Educators’ Unions (FOZEU) will put Government on notice in the next 48 hours of an impending strike.

Majongwe sounded out that the firing of nurses by Chiwenga is evidence that the welfare of civil servants means nothing to the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration. He said, “their militaristic response given to the nurses’ strike is a lesson for all of us we are clearly being shown that our concerns and welfare mean nothing to them. An injury to one us an injury to all; therefore we must unite lest we perish. The teachers are next in line; they have silently threatened us already. They have shown us they are merciless and brutal.”