Terrence Mawawa|Teachers are now surviving on a meagre US $ 75 per month, it has emerged.

Speaking in an interview with a Masvingo based community radio, Hevoi FM, yesterday, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe(PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou urged the government to consider the teachers’ request to receive their salaries in United States dollars.

“Teachers are receiving their salaries in bond notes and sadly due to hyperinflation the local currency is now worthless.

Teachers are now earning US $ 75 dollars per month due to hyperinflation. We are therefore appealing to the government to consider the plight of the teachers as a matter of urgency,” said Zhou.