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Zimbabwe teachers threaten predictable ritual?

Government has expressed frustration over the "predictable ritual" of teachers threatening industrial action, as educators prepare for a sit-in set to start today across primary and secondary schools nationwide.The dispute centres on poor …

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 08:23hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe lecturers consider strike over salaries

Lecturers at Zimbabwe's state universities are threatening to go on strike following the collapse of wage negotiations with government.The Zimbabwe State Universities Union of Academics (Zisuua) and the Zimbabwe Universities and Allied Wor…

Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 06:45hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter

UZ graduation proceeds amid 'retrogressive' strike

University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo has labelled striking academics from the Association of University Teachers (AUT) as "retrogressive," a day after the High Court dismissed an AUT application to halt today'…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:28hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter

Uber shutdown warning in South Africa

The National E-hailing Federation of South Africa (Nefsa) has warned that e-hailing drivers will down tools nationwide unless their demands regarding pay and working conditions are met.Speaking to Cape Talk, Nefsa president Elijah Lekgowan…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 10:27hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers' strike enters 100 days

Today marks 100 days since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) downed tools in protest against dismal salaries and deteriorating working conditions - an indefinite strike that has paralysed operations at the country's premier inst…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe lecturers strike continues

It has been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country's oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning, walked out of their lecture halls, citing salaries that have been eroded by inflation and currency …

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:14hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe nurses threaten strike

Zimbabwe's fragile public healthcare system is facing yet another major crisis as nurses across the country have signalled their intention to embark on a nationwide strike over poor remuneration, dire working conditions, and severe staff s…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:51hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe dismisses 4 striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) administration has dismissed four prominent leaders of the ongoing lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 71st day. The strike centers on the lecturers' demand for a salary increase from the current US…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter

Striking UZ lecturers make fresh demands

Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) who have been on strike for 70 days have revised their demands, issuing an ultimatum to the university to provide incentives as a step towards ending their prolonged industrial action.The academ…

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 10:22hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter

Lecturer strike at UZ deepens

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has accused the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) of deliberately stalling wage negotiations while exploiting the labour of part-time staff brought in to replace striking lecturers, as the salary dead…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:04hrs | 3395 | by Staff reporter

Parliament steps in as UZ lecturers' strike reaches day 59

Zimbabwe's Parliament has intervened in the protracted University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 59th day, with students stranded and academic operations at a virtual standstill.Raising the matter in the Nati…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:47hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe withholds salaries of striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has withheld salaries for lecturers who have now clocked 58 days on strike, escalating tensions in a protracted pay dispute that has thrown the academic calendar into disarray.Lecturers have been on industri…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:03hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF hopes for a solution to UZ lecturers' crisis

ZANU PF has expressed hope that the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and striking lecturers will soon find a peaceful resolution to their ongoing dispute, which threatens to derail academic activities and postpone this year's graduation.The lec…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:45hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe teachers to embark on indefinite strike

Teachers under the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Union (FOZEU) have notified the government of their intention to embark on an indefinite strike starting Tuesday, May 26, 2025, citing unresolved grievances, poor working conditions, and …

Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:02hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter

UZ to replace striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is moving to hire external experts to replace striking lecturers in a desperate bid to restore normalcy after a two-month-long industrial action that has crippled academic operations at the country's oldest …

Published: 19 May 2025 at 14:33hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter

UZ crisis deepens amid strike

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), the country's oldest institution of higher learning, is reeling under a deepening crisis as a month-long strike by lecturers brings academic activity to a standstill.Students, frustrated by the prolonged ab…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:55hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter

6 UZ students arrested for protesting over lecturers' strike

Six University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested on Monday afternoon after staging a flash protest demanding urgent action to resolve a protracted lecturers' strike that has crippled academic activity at the institution.The lecturers…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:01hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter

UZ in climbdown, revokes union leaders' suspension

In an unexpected move, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has revoked the suspension of leaders from the Association of University Teachers (AUT) in a last-ditch effort to bring an end to the ongoing industrial action by lecturers. A brief le…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:45hrs | 1857 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa spokesperson concedes UZ lecturers have genuine grievances

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman, George Charamba, has admitted that University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers, who have been picketing outside the campus over poor wages and working conditions, have legitimate concerns that need urgen…

Published: 27 Apr 2025 at 18:30hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers threaten nationwide shutdown

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) campus was the scene of intense protest Thursday as lecturers, under the banner of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), warned they would escalate industrial action to all 14 state universities with…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:10hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter

Jonny Oates demanded stern action against Mnangagwa's govt

The plight of incarcerated Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga sparked fiery debate in Britain's House of Lords on Thursday, as Liberal Democrats peer Lord Jonny Oates demanded stern action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governme…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:09hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe pushes for lifting of ivory trade ban

Zimbabwe has renewed its call for the lifting of the international ivory trade ban, insisting that selling its stockpiles could generate critical funding for wildlife conservation and help combat illegal trafficking.Speaking at the CITES C…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:26hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers begin indefinite strike

Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have declared an indefinite strike, demanding a return to pre-2018 salary levels and improved conditions of service, following a successful court bid to protect their right to protest.On Wednesd…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:26hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter

Land ownership key to Zimbabwe's industrialisation

Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC) Commissioner Rosemary Choruma Dowa has underscored the critical role of land ownership in Zimbabwe's industrialisation agenda, urging citizens to leverage the title deed reform programme to create sustainabl…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:37hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South crippled by poor roads, media blackout

Matebeleland South province is grappling with serious developmental hurdles due to a deteriorating road network and inadequate radio and television connectivity, the newly-appointed Minister of State for the province, Albert Ngulube, has r…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:36hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter

Business ignores Geza noise

Businesses across Zimbabwe remained open yesterday, disregarding calls by controversial war veteran and former Zanu-PF Central Committee member, Blessed Geza, to begin an indefinite nationwide shutdown aimed at pressuring President Emmerso…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:35hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter

Madzibaba veShanduko targeted in suspected 'petrol bomb' attack

A violent attack rocked the rural district of Guruve South on Monday night after the home of opposition activist Godfrey Karembera, popularly known as "Madzibaba veShanduko," was reduced to ashes in a suspected petrol bomb assault by unkno…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:24hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter

Business as usual as Geza's stay away is ignored

Residents of Harare defied a stay-away call by war veteran Blesses Geza on Tuesday, with normal business operations reported across the capital and surrounding suburbs.From as early as 5am, commuter omnibuses were on the roads, ferrying pa…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 20:41hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter

Geza calls for national shutdown until Mnangagwa vacates office

Outspoken war veteran and former Zanu-PF Central Committee member Blessed "Bombshell" Geza has escalated his campaign against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, calling for an indefinite national shutdown until the president steps down from off…

Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 07:31hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

High Court bars police from disrupting UZ lecturers' strike

The High Court has issued a landmark ruling interdicting police from interfering with the ongoing strike by lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), marking a significant legal victory for academic staff and their supporters.In a deci…

Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 08:54hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter

ZDF distances itself from arrested former Air Force officer in UZ salary strike

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has moved swiftly to distance itself from the actions of retired Group Captain Boncace Mwakorera, a former Air Force of Zimbabwe officer, who was arrested yesterday alongside three University of Zimbabwe (…

Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police crush UZ lecturers' demonstration

Police once again displayed heavy-handed tactics on Wednesday morning, arresting leaders of a demonstration by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers who were demanding a salary review. The arrested leaders of the Association of University …

Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:27hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter

University Zimbabwe lecturers arrested over salary protest

Three University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers were arrested by police on Wednesday after staging a protest over poor remuneration at the university's campus in Harare.The lecturers, who are part of the Association of University Teachers (AUT…

Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:47hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers' strike averted

Public Service and Labour Minister Edgar Moyo stepped in on Friday to prevent a salary strike by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers, following their threats to down tools on Monday in demand for a salary review.UZ authorities had filed …

Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:14hrs | 8918 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe lecturers threaten to down tools

Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have resolved to go on strike starting Monday, March 24, 2025, after university management failed to address their long-standing salary grievances. The educators, represented by the Association …

Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 06:27hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe teachers demand urgent salary review, threaten strike

Zimbabwean teachers have renewed their salary demands, citing unbearable working conditions and government inaction on their grievances.Teachers' unions have repeatedly written to the government requesting an urgent salary review but claim…

Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 12:37hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter

Robbers strike at United Refineries

Armed robbers executed a daring break-in at United Refineries, located in the Kelvin Industrial Area of Bulawayo, early on Friday morning, making off with over US$10,000 and more than 20,000 South African rand.The robbery, which occurred a…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:54hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter

Dynamos players demanding overdue bonuses, signing-on fees

Dynamos FC management is striving to resolve a crisis after players boycotted training for the fourth consecutive day, jeopardizing their upcoming match against rivals Highlanders. The players are demanding overdue bonuses and signing-on f…

Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Sikhala distances self from May 25 protest

Opposition figure Job Sikhala has strongly refuted any association with a fraudulent account advocating for a nationwide strike on May 25, stating it as a tactic employed by the government to incriminate him.Sikhala emphasized that the Sta…

Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

South Africa's cash-in-transit workers threaten to go on strike

A strike in the cash-in-transit (CIT) sector could see South Africa's automated teller machines running dry.That's the prospect if the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration grants the Motor Transport Workers Union (MTWU) a…

Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe teachers get paltry US$20 wage hike

Teachers unions have declared a three-day strike starting this Wednesday in a bid to press for better wages after government recently offered a paltry US$20 increase on monthly salaries for civil servants.Coalescing under the Federation of…

Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bosso players boycott training

HIGHLANDERS pre-season preparations appear to have suffered an early setback after players refused to train demanding their signing-on fees yesterday.A good number of players are believed to be owed signing-on fees from 2023.During the clu…

Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Teachers stage sit in as schools open for 2024, demand US$1,200 salary

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has asserted that its members nationwide participated in a sit-in on the first day of the 2024 school calendar to protest against inadequate salaries and unfavorable working conditio…

Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

AMH journalists declare incapacitation

Journalists from Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), the biggest privately owned media Company in the country, have declared incapacitation and have not been reporting for work The Mirror reported.A statement addressed to Zimbabwe Union of Journal…

Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers declare incapacitation

UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers have declared incapacitation, joining a growing list of workers in the private and public sectors pushing for United States dollar salaries.In a letter addressed to the Public Service, Labour and Socia…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimra workers mull industrial action

ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority and Allied Workers Trade Union (ZIMRATU) have petitioned their employer demanding a timetable with three days per week working slots necessitated by eroded salaries which have fallen far beyond the cost of living…

Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimpapers staff down tools

Journalists and other staffers under Zimpapers' Bulawayo based divisions, Chronicle and Sunday News have downed tools after management announced cutting of allowances and further curtailment of other privileges in response to a financial s…

Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:13hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe teachers embark on 2-day working week

TEACHERS unions have declared that their members will only report for duty two days a week due to financial incapacitation.Schools reopened for the second term yesterday with educators under the #Teachers4USD movement saying they would onl…

Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Quailed-off Vumbachikwe Mine Spouse demo brews possible spontaneous strike

Tuesday the 8th of November 2022 saw more than five hundred disgruntled Vumbachikwe (known as Forbes and Thompson Duration Gold Mine) spouses of mine workers descend on the mine entrance and block the morning shift (their husbands) from en…

Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 13:30hrs | 6 | by Maxwell Teedzai

Zimbabwe banking sector risks crippling strike over US$ salary portions

PLANS for a crippling strike are hovering above the country's banking sector following the recent denial by the employers' side to honour partial payment of US$ salaries, Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) has revealed.The sa…

Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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