Teachers in Zimbabwe suspended for pay strike take legal action

A teachers’ union in Zimbabwe has gone to court to challenge the government’s decision to suspend thousands of staff who have not been going to work, citing low pay.

On Thursday the education minister, Evelyn Ndlovu, said those teachers would be suspended without pay for three months.

Robson Chere, the secretary general of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, said average salaries of around $100 (£74) a month meant teachers were not even able to feed their families.

Mr Chere said he was confident the union would win the case in the High Court, saying the minister did not have the authority to impose the suspension.

By BBC