Teachers and other civil servants have taken their fight for better salaries to another level after announcing that they will camp at Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube’s Office “until their grievances are met”

In a communication in the hands of Zimeye, teachers said their protest will among other things push government to address shortages of teaching material for the new curriculum and salaries in United States dollars.

“We are demanding, Adequate learning material for the new curriculum, Salaries in United States dollars, 2018 annual bonus in full, Scrapping of the 2% tax.

“The participants in the salary camp will march with their POCKETS OUT signifying that they are broke, said Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe.

The Union invited all citizens to join the fight by pulling their POCKETS OUT and post their pictures on social media accompanied with #salarycamp.

“The incapacitated teachers who will not be able to go to work if they are not paid in United States dollars will be conducting free lessons in front of Mthuli’s offices for the duration of the salary camp. Citizens who are keen to learn are invited to join our salary camp classes.

“ARTUZ notes that there will be a meeting on Monday 7 January 2018. We will deploy our negotiators to negotiate in good faith while the rest of our members patiently wait for the good news at Mthuli’s offices.

“We are encouraged by the timely response of government to Delta’s demand for foreign currency. We are confident that with more consistency and revolutionary discipline our demands will also be met,” added ARTUZ.