{"id":667,"date":"2018-12-31T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=667"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:32:58","slug":"teachers-demand-ncube-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/teachers-demand-ncube-resignation","title":{"rendered":"Teachers demand Ncube resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers\u2019 Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is calling on Zimbabweans, the employed and unemployed alike, to besiege Finance minister Mthuli Ncube\u2019s office on January 7, 2019 to demand his immediate resignation for allegedly bringing untold suffering to the masses.<span id=\"more-3096224744010480\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Artuz president Obert Masaraure argued Ncube\u2019s austerity measures, such as the 2% transaction tax, have \u201cinduced unprecedented suffering among the working class\u201d and set a \u201cstage for antagonism between the working class and the ruling elite\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 2% electronic transaction tax sailed through Parliament recently after getting a thumbs-up from Zanu PF legislators. Opposition legislators had opposed it saying it was punitive to ordinary Zimbabweans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-322658219\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent\">\n<p>Masaraure said the unfolding \u201ccatastrophic\u201d situation resulting from the tax as characterised by price hikes of basic commodities cannot go unchallenged before calling for a January 7 protest at Ncube\u2019s office to push for his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur immediate task is to get rid of the worst enemy of the people Ncube. He is the face of austerity in Zimbabwe. To that end, we invite all citizens to Ncube\u2019s office on January 7, 2019 at 0900hrs. We will spend the whole day demanding either an end to austerity or his resignation. Out of courtesy, we will notify the police,\u201d Masaraure said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Ncube has on several occasions defended the austerity measures as necessary to rid the country\u2019s ailing economy of a crippling debt that has stalled economic growth for years.<\/p>\n<p>The call came amid mounting discontent from a cross-section of civil servants demanding better remuneration or payment of salaries in United States dollar to hedge against the rising cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>Junior doctors embarked on a strike on December 1 also demanding payment in United States dollars and better working conditions.<br \/>\nArtuz recently led an historic 275km march from Mutare to Harare protesting against poor remuneration and demanding payment in foreign currency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-2003412454\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent-250\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers\u2019 Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is calling on Zimbabweans, the employed and unemployed alike, to besiege Finance minister Mthuli Ncube\u2019s office on January 7, 2019 to demand his immediate resignation for allegedly bringing untold suffering to the masses. 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