Monthly Archives: September 2009

VOA By Sandra Nyaira Washington 07 September 2009 Classes went ahead in some of Zimbabwe’s schools on Monday despite a widespread strike by teachers depending on the union affiliation of educators and school administrators, sources said. School heads with ties to the Zimbabwe Teachers Association were said to be turning away pupils, while classes were […]

Daily Nation (Kenya) 7 September 2009 Harare — The fault lines between Zimbabwe’s political parties are causing disruption at the opening of the third term in public schools, continuing years of decline in a sector once regarded as sub-Saharan Africa’s finest. It was hoped the formation of the unity government in February 2009 would resurrect […]

The Herald 5 September 2009 Government, teachers’ unions and a United Nations agency are engaged in negotiations to come up with acceptable incentives and conditions of service for schoolteachers. The three parties yesterday confirmed the ongoing negotiations, but declined to divulge more details on what exactly was being offered to teachers. Progressive Teachers’ Union of […]

Nehanda Radio 5 September 2009 By Never Kadungure Are they on strike or not, that is the question? Zimbabwe’s two teachers unions, ZIMTA and the PTUZ gave conflicting signals on whether teachers should go on strike pressing for bettter salaries. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) which is the bigger union urged its members to go […]

VOA 4 September 2009 By Patience Rusere Washington – Officers and hundreds of members of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe met in Harare on Friday and resolved to stay away from work two days a week though continuing to give lessons the other three in a partial strike The decision was seen as a […]

Zimonline 4 September 2009 By Andrew Moyo HARARE – More Zimbabwean teachers on Wednesday appeared to heed union calls to boycott classes to press the government to increase salaries and improve working conditions. The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA), the largest of two unions representing the country’s 90 000 teachers called for an indefinite nationwide strike […]

The Zimbabwean 4 September 2009 The country’s largest teachers’ union has this week been accused of deliberately disrupting the start of the new school term, with observers commenting that the union has highly politicised motives. Thousands of members of the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) on Wednesday embarked on a nationwide strike to coincide with the […]

The Herald Editorial 4 September 2009 Harare — Teachers’ unions that have urged their members to report for work despite complaints over salaries should be commended for their understanding and valuing the needs of students. However, as we have previously stated, there is need to holistically address the issue of salaries of not only teachers, […]

VOA 3 September 2009 By Jonga Kandemiiri Many of Zimbabwe’s public primary and secondary schools were idled Thursday on the second day of a teachers strike called by the Zimbabwe Teachers Association, which is demanding a significant increase in monthly compensation for its members, though the rival Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe was not officially […]