The government has responded to the ongoing UZ lecturers’ strike over low salaries after the viral videos that circulated yesterday.
George Charamba, the Deputy Chief Secretary-Presidential Communications in the Office of the President of Zimbabwe and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information of Zimbabwe, posted on X acknowledging the validity of the lecturers’ concerns.
Government Responds To Ongoing UZ Lecturers Strike
Taking to his X account, the official spokesperson for the Zimbabwean president, George Charamba, addressed the ongoing strike. He used his X account under the username Jamwanda to write:
FRANKLY OUR UNIVERSITY LECTURERS HAVE A GENUINE GRIEVANCE. I WILL TAKE IT UP!!!
He noted that the lecturers’ grievances were very valid. The $229 monthly salaries paid to the institution’s educators have raised many concerns among Zimbabweans.
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UZ Lecturers Strike Over Low Monthly Salaries
UZ lecturers were caught on camera demonstrating against low salaries, and the video has since gone viral. In the video, the lecturers held placards showing that they received just over US$200 monthly salaries.
This followed a recent victory in court, where the judge said they had the right to take industrial action when they wanted. The court case was after three lecturers were arrested at the University for striking. UZ argued that the lecturers were supposed to be educating and were in breach of their contracts.
However, after their court victory, the lecturers went to the streets to show that they would not be going back to work until concerns were addressed. They even threatened to get more university lecturers from all over Zimbabwe to join in their strike.
Zimbabweans React To The Government’s Response
Zimbabweans have been applauding Charamba for his timely response and urging him to help address the salaries of other civil servants as well.
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Below are some of the comments:
@mehlulisize
Thank you for this. It’s really unfair to teach someone for them to go out there and make like ten fold of your salary. I think lecturers deserve more. They have spent years investing in education to empower us and to elk a living out of it
@t_burner79831
Not lecturers only, every govt worker. Even in security services, you know it’s the same salary, from the lowest rank to the highest, ku education, headmaster same salary na student teacher. Injake njake Joji. Kwakanaka kwacho ndekupiko nhai??? Dzidzo kana rank hazvichina value
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