DEMO : RURAL TEACHERS CHICKEN OUT

Following a brutal crackdown on MDC demonstrations by the police in Harare last Friday, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) yesterday announced that it had postponed plans to picket at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s offices to pressure government to review the educators’ salaries.  A fortnight ago, the rural teachers resolved to start picketing at Ncube’s offices on pay