The pay dispute goes back to October 2018, when the government stopped paying civil servants in U.S. dollars, switching to the reintroduced Zimbabwean dollar. The new currency has steadily lost value, effectively reducing teacher wages to about $100 a month. The teachers want the $540 a month they were getting in 2018.
Impaka z’imishahara zisubira mu Kwakira 2018, igihe guverinoma yahagaritse kwishyura abakozi ba Leta mu madorari y’Amerika, ihindura amadorari ya Zimbabwe. Ifaranga rishya ryatakaje agaciro, kugabanya umushahara wa mwarimu kugera ku madolari 100 ku kwezi. Abarimu bifuza amadorari 540 ku kwezi babonaga muri 2018.