ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) chief executive officer, Raphael Khumalo, has urged teachers to desist from engaging in class boycotts in protest at low pay to safeguard the future of students. Khumalo said education was primary to the development of any nation and class boycotts affected the future of Zimbabwe. His comments came amid threats of a strike by teachers over salaries. “To the teachers, as parents, we put our trust on you to teach our children so that they can have a better future through education. What you should bear in mind is that when you go on strike, you do not fix President Robert Mugabe, rather you are fixing our children,” he said. “When you go on strike, you kill the future of this country; you kill the future of these children.” Khumalo made the remarks on Friday after donating textbooks to Tshale Primary School in Nkayi where he learnt between 1967 and 1973. The AMH boss also donated medical textbooks to Nkayi Hospital. Nkayi Hospital Administrator, Mcedisi Ndlovu and Celani Madzibandzira, a tutor at the institution, said the medical textbooks would greatly help in nurse training.
