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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 | 569 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers withdraw application to stop graduation ceremony

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has confirmed that an urgent court application seeking to block its upcoming 44th Graduation Ceremony has been withdrawn.In a statement issued on Tuesday, 12 August, the institution said the application - fi…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 13:45hrs | 560 | 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 | 521 | 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 | 149 | 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

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 | 3396 | 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 | 284 | by Staff reporter

Students petition govt over striking lecturers

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has formally petitioned the government to intervene in the ongoing standoff between University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers and the institution's administration, a dispute that has severely disru…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:30hrs | 166 | 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

UZ students rally behind striking lecturers, reject replacement staff

Students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have thrown their weight behind striking lecturers, vowing to resist any attempts by university authorities to replace them with temporary staff as the salary dispute intensifies.Lecturers at the…

Published: 28 May 2025 at 12:13hrs | 4503 | by Staff reporter

UZ offers 'poverty wages' to stand-in lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has come under fire after offering what critics have branded as "poverty wages" to temporary lecturers hired to replace striking academic staff demanding better pay and conditions.A letter signed by Simba Ma…

Published: 21 May 2025 at 20:57hrs | 916 | 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 | 2476 | by Staff reporter

Striking UZ lecturers tell deans of faculties to stop interfering

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Association of University Teachers (AUT) has written a stern letter to the deans of faculties, calling for an immediate end to alleged attempts to interfere with the ongoing strike action by lecturers. The u…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 08:56hrs | 1209 | 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 | 1858 | 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 | 1394 | 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 | 661 | 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 | 204 | 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 | 171 | 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

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 | 117 | by Staff reporter

ZCTU slams UZ's suspension of lecturers

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has strongly condemned the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) for suspending five leaders of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), saying the move sets a dangerous precedent and undermines effo…

Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:34hrs | 312 | 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 | 8919 | 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 | 488 | by Staff reporter

UZ Vice Chancellor frog marches lecturers to SADC Summit clean-up campaigns

Despite having employed a legion of general hand cleaners as part of its neatening labourforce, the University of Zimbabwe's Vice Chancellor, Professor Paul Mapfumo has this Friday summoned and frog march all lecturers to embark on massive…

Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:22hrs | 2415 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole

ZOU part-time lecturers sing the blues

ZIMBABWE Open University (ZOU) part-time lecturers have gone for two semesters without being paid their allowances, NewsDay has established.The lecturers have not received their allowances for August to November 2022 and February to June 2…

Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe university lecturers to attend Zanu-PF's ideology classes

UNIVERSITY lecturers are set to undergo Zanu-PF's commandeered ideology classes under the tag Academics for Economic Development this week.Invitations have been sent to universities across the country by the Higher and Tertiary Education m…

Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

ZOU lecturers paid $5 per exam script, cry foul

PART-TIME lecturers at the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) said they had gone for over nine months without receiving their allowances and had also not been paid for services rendered in marking this year's examinations.The lecturers accused…

Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Colleges suspend lectures over Covid-19

THE Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda and Kwekwe Polytechnic colleges have indefinitely suspended face-to-face lectures after students tested positive for Covid-19 at the institutions. By yesterday, six cases had been recorded in …

Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Varsity lecturers to embark on go-slow

University lecturers have announced that they will be embarking on a go-slow after declaring incapacitation due to poor salaries which have largely been eroded by inflation and sky-rocketing prices, while school teachers will also join in …

Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2752 | by Staff reporter

Lupane university lecturers take relocation fight to High Court

NINE Lupane State University (LSU) lecturers in the Department of Development Studies have approached the High Court seeking an order barring university authorities from relocating them from Bulawayo to the Lupane main campus tomorrow.Init…

Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter

UZ lecturers demand pay rise

University of Zimbabwe lecturers are demanding a pay hike because of increased workload arising from double intakes and night classes. According to minutes of the Association of University Teachers (AUT) meeting held on March 22, the lectu…

Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 07:08hrs | 3392 | by Staff reporter

NUST lecturers must stop teaching in Shona

THE BULAWAYO CICULAR: ISSUE TWO Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor: National University of Science and Technology Cc: The Chancellor: His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe  Dear Sir,SUBJECT: NUST LECTURERS MUST STOP…

Published: 06 Apr 2011 at 14:08hrs | 40 | by Chief Information Officer

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