The pay dispute goes back to October 2018, when the government stopped paying teachers in U.S. dollars, switching to the reintroduced Zimbabwean dollar. 
Kusawirirana pamihoro kwakatanga munaGumiguru ra2018, apo hurumende yakamira kubhadhara nashandi vayo nemadhora emari yekuAmerica, yava kushandisa madhora emuZimbabwe ayakange yadzosa zvekare. Mari itsva iyi iri kuramba ichirasikirwa nesimba rayo rekutenga, izvo zvava kureva kuti mihoro yevadzidzisi iri kuramba ichikukurwa simba rayo yekutenga.