Teachers end strike

to be the travelling date for those members who may have left their stations but let me also say that for those who were at their stations, I appeal that even that Monday, they should just go to work and make sure that our children are learning.

“We expect Tuesday to be a very normal day as far as teaching and learning is concerned. Let me take this opportunity to also appeal to the nation to facilitate the smooth return to work for our teachers. It involves everyone in this country to take this appeal very seriously. Even those transporters if approached please give consideration for either reduced fares or even non-payment for the teachers who are going back to the stations,” he said.

He appealed to the nation and stakeholders to ensure that teachers were secure and safe as they perform an important national duty.

In an interview, the Zimbabwe National Teachers’ Union (Zinatu) chief executive officer Mr Manuel Nyawo said they had been vindicated as a union on their clarion call and advice to their colleagues — Zimta and PTUZ — that the strike they had decided to call off yesterday was technically illegal.

“We have been receiving a barrage of attacks and unnecessary onslaught by innocent members of the teaching fraternity on allegations of selling out, yet the truth was that dialogue with the employer had not been exhausted as Government’s doors were and are still open for further and continuous negotiations.

“In terms of rules of procedure, there had