By Dorrothy Moyo| The teachers currently marching all the way from Mutare to Harare in protest over poor salaries, were in the last 24 hours arrested again and charged for disorderly conduct.

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) later appeared in court today over the charges which cite a contravention of Section 41(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification&Reform) Act.

The police alleged that they blocked a road in Ruwa while holding and waving placards during an anti-govt protest against poor salaries.

The state has however lost the case against the teachers. The teachers were Wedneaday afternoon represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).

ZHLR said that the Union president Obert Masaraure and others have since been released and the State will proceed by way of summons.

“The State will proceed by way of summons if they intend to prosecute ARTUZ President Obert Masaraure for convening an unsanctioned gathering after conceding that ARTUZ is included in the class of groups that can gather without giving notice to the regulating authority (ZRP),” ZLHR said in their statement.