By A Correspondent| Some teachers in Chikomba District are reportedly being harassed by State Security personnel after they declared incapacitation to report for duty.

The teachers are said to have applied for unpaid leave since they can no longer afford to continue reporting for work.

This was revealed by Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe.

He said:

“We are advised overzealous DSIs are on the prowl in Chikomba, Chipinge and parts of Matabeleland South, harassing teachers because of incapacitation issues.

We know that several of our leaders have been summons by the President’s Office across the country.

Case in point is in Chivhu where several heads were summoned to CIO offices and were instructed to charge teachers.

He added that the PTUZ will approach the International Labour Organisation over the matter.

He said:

Because of this harassment we will be advising the ILO and Education International of the harassment we are going through. Our demands for a living wage are legitimate and justified. There is nothing political about asking for money for food and rent. The CIO has no business in schools.

Teachers constitute a part of several workers whose salaries were eroded by the soaring inflation.

Bankers recently wrote to their management teams proposing a number of solutions to their incapacitation.

They suggested that the banks convert some offices into their bedrooms as they can no longer afford to go to and from work as transport costs have continued to rise.-Newsday