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The Public Service Amendment Bill, currently before Parliament, is being presented as a step toward modernising Zimbabwe’s public service. In reality, it entrenches government’s unilateral control over teachers and strips away fundamental labour rights guaranteed by...

Zimbabwe’s Public Service Act, in its current form, has long been a weapon of control rather than a framework for fair governance of public service workers. For teachers, the Act has institutionalised poverty wages, stripped away the right to meaningful collective...

Every morning, teachers across Zimbabwe walk into their classrooms carrying more than books and lesson plans. They carry the heavy burden of poverty wages, unpaid bills, and a government that continues to ignore their pleas for dignity. For years, teachers have asked...

Zimbabwe’s teaching community has spoken with one voice, petitioning President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to halt what they describe as a partisan empowerment scheme that rewards a select few while leaving the majority of educators in poverty. On 27 September 2025,...

Zimbabwe’s education system is in crisis. Across the country, millions of learners, parents, and teachers are trapped in a cycle of neglect, underfunding, and systemic breakdown. The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is raising the alarm, calling on...