President Emmerson Mnangagwa will this Friday meet with teachers representatives under the banner of Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) to hear their grievances ranging from poor salaries and demand to be paid is foreign currency.
In a letter addressed to the PTUZ Secretary General, Raymond Majongwe, Permanent Secretary to the president Wilson Gwatiringa advised the union that Mnangagwa had agreed to meet with the teachers.
“Thank you for your letter of 5 December 2018 requesting Progressive Teacher’s Union of Zimbabwe to meet His Excellency, the President.
“Kindly be advised that His Excellency, the President has accepted to meet the Union at State House 21 December 2018 t 10: am, “reads the letter.
This comes on the backdrop of a march from Mutare to Harare by rural teachers under the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) who are calling on government to immediately pay them in US dollars in line with the current trend by retailers and other service providers who have started demanding payments in foreign currency as the economic situation continues to nosedive at rocketing speeds.
During his address at the just ended Zanu-PF Conference, Mnangagwa castigated the three-tier pricing system saying it was not viable but ruled out the immediate return of a local currency saying his government would look into it when the situation the situation allows.
