Teachers and Nurses employed by the government, who commenced their strike yesterday have vowed that they would only resume work when their salaries were paid in full.
Teachers expect their June salaries tomorrow while the health sector would be paid on July 14.
A survey by a local publication in most parts of Harare yesterday revealed that teachers had reported for duty but were not working.
In some schools, teachers did not turn up for classes.
In Beitbridge district, teachers downed tools, but it was business as usual at church run institutions.
Interviewed teachers said they were simply complying with the directives they received from their respective unions.
In Government hospitals patients were left stranded after nurses and doctors stayed away over the salary delays.
The situation was dire at Harare and Chitungwiza Central Hospitals where the outpatients department was manned by student nurses.
“The issue is that doctors are incapacitated to go to work. They can only return to work when they are fully paid their June salaries,” said a source from the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association.
In Chinhoyi, most nurses did not report for duty at all the six Government hospitals while others came to work in casual attire.
Support staff including canteen attendants and groundsmen among others did not go to work.
Provincial medical director Dr Wenceslaus Nyamayaro confirmed the situation saying contingency measures have been put in place to provide help to critical cases.
- Herald
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