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Once Prestigious, Now Forgotten: The Deteriorating Standards of Zimbabwe’s Government Schools

by ARTUZ Information Department | October 8, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

There was a time when names like Churchill Boys High, Alan Wilson, Prince Edward, and Roosevelt Girls High stood as symbols of academic excellence in Zimbabwe. In the years just after independence, these schools carried on the legacy of prestige they had built under...

Beam Arrears Crippling Schools: The Case of Molife Primary in Domboshava

by ARTUZ Information Department | October 8, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Molife Primary School in Domboshava is caught in a crisis that speaks to the broader failure of Zimbabwe’s education funding system. The school, sitting in the fast-growing peri-urban settlement just outside Harare, has over 1,000 students, yet its infrastructure is...

200,000 People, Zero Secondary Schools: Hopley’s Forgotten Children

by ARTUZ Information Department | October 8, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

In Hopley, a sprawling settlement of more than 200,000 residents on the outskirts of Harare, parents, pupils, and teachers are united in a desperate call for what most communities take for granted a secondary school. At a community meeting held recently, parents spoke...

ARTUZ Statement in Support of FOZEU Resolutions

Sep 7, 2025 | Press Release

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) stands in full solidarity with the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions (FOZEU) following its recent meeting, where critical resolutions were adopted in the fight for labour justice and the right to...

ARTUZ welcomes the election of Marimo as ZCTU SG

Aug 31, 2025 | Press Release

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ, congratulates Cde Tiri Marimo for being elected as the new Secretary General, SG, of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union, ZCTU. The victory is not for Cde Marimo alone but for all workers in Zimbabwe. The Union is...

Artuz analysis of Public Service Act

Aug 27, 2025 | Uncategorized

In 2013, the country adopted the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013. Among other things the said Constitution introduced numerous progressive labour rights for all employees inter alia the right to collective bargaining, collective job action...

State of our education: BEAM failure is a national disaster

Aug 22, 2025 | Press Release

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) notes with deep concern revelations in Parliament that the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) has not received funding since 2023. This dereliction of duty has left millions of vulnerable learners...

COURT UPDATE: Cde Robson Chere and Fellow Human Rights Defenders Acquitted

Aug 20, 2025 | Press Release

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) welcomes the acquittal of our Secretary General, Cde Robson Chere, alongside pro-democracy campaigners Namatai Kwekweza and Michael Gwenzi, who were tortured after being violently seized from a plane in Harare...

ARTUZ Africa Day Statement 25 May 2025

May 25, 2025 | Press Release, Uncategorized

On this Africa Day, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) joins the rest of the continent in reflecting on our shared history and reimagining a just and prosperous future. We celebrate the courage of our ancestors, the vibrancy of our cultures, and...