By Own Correspondent| Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) on Sunday commenced their 266 kilometers march from Mutare to Harare.

President of ARTUZ Obert Masaraure confirmed the development in a telephone interview with ZimEye last night.

He revealed that the protest march had started well with over 100 teachers taking part.

Said Masaraure:

“The protest started well and we are now in Odzi where we are putting up for the night and we will proceed in the morning.

However, a few of our colleagues have already pulled out of the protest and there are about 95 of us left.

We will however proceed in the morning and we are hoping to get to Harare by 19 December.”

The ARTUZ Salary Caravan is a protest march by teachers aimed at pushing government to pay teacher’s salaries in forex.

The teachers are also demanding their bonuses in full among other grievances.

The teachers are walking from Mutare to Harare, which is 266 kilometres and expectations are that they will reach Harare on 19 December 2018.

The teachers have revealed that they will  camp at the finance ministry until their grievances are heard.