Source: Developing: Tension as teachers’ strike commences – NewsDay Zimbabwe July 5, 2016
Several schools in Harare shut down Tuesday morning as teachers commenced their strike over the delay in the payment of their June salaries as the broke Zanu PF government struggles to meet the civl service salary bill.
A survey by NewsDay revealed that teachers were out of their classrooms, leaving children to play while others have turned children back home.
Some teachers who spoke to NewsDay revealed the situation was tense with reports of some army vehicles being seen driving in and out of some schools ‘to assess the situation.’
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association has urged teachers to express their disgust at the government’s decision to delay their June salaries, which will be paid this July.
More details to follow.
COMMENTS
Should Zanu PF not just put a soldier in each classroom to make sure all the teachers stay in their classrooms?
Train soilders,police and prison guards to be teachers they are paid already.Security forces first other civil servants don’t matter you can wait.
This is the best opportunity to demand change of government. They have failed and everybody should now join in to strike and call for resignation of the government. Whereart thow MDCs and People first Zapu and all you guys. iyahloma iyahlasela. Come on now.
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
Song by the late great Gil Scott Heron
You will not be able to stay home, brother
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag
And skip out for beer during commercials
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The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions
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Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell
General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat hog maws
Confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theater and will not star Natalie Woods
And Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia
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The revolution will not get rid of the nubs
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Pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run
Or trying to slide that color TV into a stolen ambulance
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
Or report from 29 districts
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There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
Brothers on the instant replay
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Brothers on the instant replay
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Being run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy Wilkens
Strolling through Watts in a red, black and green
Liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion
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Will no longer be so damned relevant
And women will not care if Dick finally gets down with Jane
On search for tomorrow because black people
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There will be no highlights on the eleven o’clock news
And no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists
And Jackie Onassis blowing her nose
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones
Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink or the Rare Earth
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The tiger in your tank or the giant in your toilet bowl
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The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath
The revolution will put you in the driver’s seat
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Will not be televised, will not be televised
The revolution will be no re-run brothers
The revolution will be live
Teachers must be paid their salaries on time.!!!