Zimbabwe teachers divided on strike for US dollar pay

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

HARARE - Zimbabwean teachers were divided at the start of an indefinite strike on Tuesday, with those in towns reporting for class while their rural colleagues largely heeded calls by unions to boycott work to press the government to pay US dollar salaries.

The southern African nation is gripped by its worst shortage of dollars since a military coup ended nearly four decades of rule by Robert Mugabe in November 2017, leading to shortages of everything from fuel to medicines to soft drinks.