Good afternoon. Reports of the forced transfer of a group of teachers in Inhambane province to jobs in remote parts of the province, as punishment for having previously supported opposition party Renamo, are nothing new (see below). Teachers are not infrequently victimised by the authorities, for at least two reasons.
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Firstly, teachers are essential to the running of elections: their classrooms are used as polling stations and they are typically recruited as staff. As part of this, they are expected by the ruling Frelimo party to take part in vote-rigging, for example in registering voters and counting votes. They are also expected to take part in campaigning on behalf of Frelimo. Teachers who refuse to cooperate can expect to get into trouble.
