Zimbabwe teachers strike patchy as reprisals feared

Zimbabwean teachers demanding to be paid in US dollars take to the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe in November 9, 2018. [Photo: Courtesy]

HARARE,- Some Zimbabwean teachers stayed at home on Tuesday while others went slow on the job as a strike at state schools got off to a patchy start amid fears of further intimidation by security forces who cracked down hard on last month’s protests.

Zimbabwe is grappling with an economic crisis marked by cash shortages and rising prices of basic goods after President Emmerson Mnangagwa hiked fuel costs 150 percent last month.