Do not tax teachers' incentives: Zanu-PF

ZANU-PF says teachers' incentives should be exempted from taxes to avert labour unrest from disenchanted educators.

The call comes after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority decided to tax incentives that school development committees have been paying to teachers to cushion them from the paltry salaries they are getting from Government.

Zanu-PF's Secretary for Education, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, yesterday said that Zimra should not tax the incentives, as it would erode the effect of the measures.

Teachers, he said, needed to be incentivised in other ways such as loans and cars, as was the case in the past as civil servants got the facility through the CMED.

He said Government should also encourage teachers to go to rural schools by making the areas attractive through the provision of housing, transport, social amenities, electricity and solar energy.

Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, teacher's unions and economic analysts have condemned the Zimra decision to tax incentives.