Bonuses threaten schools opening

Teachers are threatening to go on strike next week as they are accusing the Government of failing to come up with the exact date when they would be paid their 13th cheque.

However, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Services, Prisca Mupfumira has assured teachers and the rest of civil servants who are yet to receive their 2014 bonuses that they would be paid by the end of this month.

Teachers' representatives said primary and secondary school educators had indicated that they would embark on an industrial action, as schools open, in protest over unpaid bonuses.

The unions said there is confusion surrounding the outstanding bonuses due to non-communication by the Government and continuous shifting of goal posts on the payment date.