Zimbabwe: ‘We Are Shutting Down All State Universities in Zimbabwe’ – Lecturers Threaten More Industrial Action Over Poor Salaries, Give Govt 10-Day Ultimatum

The University of Zimbabwe Association of University Teachers (AUT) has threatened to escalate industrial action to all 14 state universities within the next 10 days if the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and the government continue to ignore their grievances regarding poor wages.

The AUT is demanding that the government and UZ reinstate lecturers’ salaries to the pre-October 2018 period, when a junior lecturer earned US$2,250 before the remuneration was slashed to US$230.

Speaking outside the UZ…