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Zimbabwe: Teachers to Wear Black Every Pay Day to Mourn Death of 'Our Salaries'
New Zimbabwe, 21 August 2019
Firebrand teachers group, Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Unions of Zimbabwe ARTUZ, famed for embarking on a 275km march to press for improved wages, on Tuesday said they were now… Read more »
Fed-Up Rural Teachers Plan 'Pay-Day Funerals' in Zimbabwe
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, famed for embarking on a 275km march to press for improved wages in 2018, are now turning to wearing black on their pay-day as a sign of "mourning their poor salaries and the death of the purchasing power of their incomes". Teachers in Zimbabwe, who receive among the lowest pay in the world for their professions, say that their current salaries were not enough to meet basic needs.
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Presents New Coup-Proofing Measures
Zimbabwe Independent, 16 August 2019
President Emmerson Mnangagwa - under siege in the face of worsening economic hardships fuelling a groundswell of social discontent -- is coup-proofing his regime by giving the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Pay Rise for Civil Servants Imminent - Minister
The Herald, 25 June 2019
TREASURY is expected to adjust civil servants' salaries in line with the prevailing economic environment in the coming days, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt to Civil Servants - No Salary Increase Yet
New Zimbabwe, 5 June 2019
Government has dismissed reports of an imminent salary increase to all civil servants adding discussions are still underway. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Military Salary Concept' to Be Reintroduced - President
The Herald, 14 August 2019
Commander-in-chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) President Mnangagwa yesterday urged the forces to remain loyal, vigilant and committed to safeguarding the country and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Rural Teachers President Abducted, Tortured Over Strike
263Chat, 6 June 2019
President of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Obert Masaraure was last night abducted by suspected state security following a just ended three day strike… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Government Cuts Off Rural Teachers Unionists' Salaries
New Zimbabwe, 8 May 2019
GOVERNMENT has frozen the salaries of three leader of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), who have now gone for four months without salaries. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Police Detain Protesting Rural Teachers
Kubatana.net, 7 January 2019
Today, January 8, 2018, armed police arrested 9 teachers under the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) banner in Harare. Read more »
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A 55-year-old school headmaster Cephas Kanyai, fell from an avocado tree he had climbed to pick the fruit to sell, at a time where teachers are resorting to informal trading for ... Read more »
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