zimbabwe: Teachers' Union Says Strike to Continue

The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said the on-going teachers' strike would only stop when teachers are granted better pay and working conditions. The union said the strike would go "a gear up" this week. Takavafira Zhou, the PTUZ president, said neither the arrests, torture and incarceration of the union's leaders nor the dismissal of some teachers in Harare and Bulawayo would intimidate striking teachers from pressing their "legitimate demands."