Strike continues

The strike continues. My sister teaches at a high school and they have decided not to strike and carry on with exams. But they need to do this in secret. Their cars are parked at the back of the school and they are constantly keeping an eye on the situation. From what I understand, they try to write exams early in the morning, the kids are dressed in civvies and they let them go home in small groups after writing exams. They are cautioned not to walk around in town in groups. The teachers are warned when groups of troublemakers approach the school and they flee in their cars if there is the slightest possibility of danger. I do think that the teachers, rather than the kids, are the targets. But one has to acknowledge that children can get hurt in the process.

Obviously, with a lot of children not able to attend school, parents are forced to take leave in order to look after the kids. So, even the private sector is affected.

On Friday we were sent home early. Ostensibly because there was a group of people marching through the city, but unofficially it is acknowledged that it is because of a bomb scare. At Provincial Government Headquarters ,a car burnt out.

From today, municipal workers are on strike too and apparently minibus taxi transport is affected. Unions have dropped their demands to a 10% increase, but Government still only offers 6.5% to my knowledge.

I’m not generally negative, but this does not bode well.