By Dr Takavafira M. Zhou (Ptuz President).
(News of The South) – Never mind what those far detached from classrooms will say, Brain Mutsiba (biology teacher) and Njube High School students are heroes and heroines. In Zimbabwe they have emulated what Mabvuku and Tafara High school students did in 2002 and regionally, the Soweto uprising.
Ptuz sees no wrong done by this teacher and Njube High students and is ready to defend and stand in solidarity with them. Extremism in defence of what is right is no vice. Teachers have a dispute of right against the gvt. The students of Njube High School have entered the annuals of history in defence of their education as a right, just like in the Soweto uprising. Their grievances are sound, pragmatic and realistic in defence of their educational rights. They were very peaceful in exercising their freedom of expression at a crucial juncture there is deadlock and quandary in the education system which the gvt sadly is not eager and ready to address as a matter of urgency. If we had a thousand of such teachers and such schools, our struggles could be fast tracked and gvt forced to address the plight of teachers as a matter of urgency. The educational courts of justice will find him and students innocent, and this is final.
An act of injustice against any teacher or student anywhere in Zimbabwe is a threat to justice of all teachers and students everywhere in Zimbabwe.
Venceremos
Dr Takavafira M. Zhou (Ptuz President).
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