EDUCATION

Striking UZ lecturers demand backpay

A labour dispute is brewing at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), with lecturers claiming that management is using "dirty" tactics to punish staff following a four-month strike.Some lecturers resumed du...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 September 2025

POLITICS

Nzenza-Muzonzini estate row explodes

The ongoing estate dispute between the late diplomat Charity Nzenza's family and her former husband, retired Brigadier-General Elisha Muzonzini, has taken a new turn, with Nzenza's siblings accusing ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2025

EDUCATION

Artuz warns of Zimbabwe teacher exodus

At least 1 260 teachers are reportedly leaving the profession each month in Zimbabwe, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has warned, citing burnout and poor working conditions as...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 August 2025

EDUCATION

Mnangagwa caps 6,918 UZ graduates

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday capped 6 918 graduates at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), with authorities declaring that the institution's growing human capital base has positioned it as a l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

EDUCATION

UZ graduation proceeds amid strike

University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo has labelled striking academics from the Association of University Teachers (AUT) as "retrogressive," a day after the High Court dis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

EDUCATION

Court throws out bid to halt UZ graduation ceremony

High Court Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube has dismissed an urgent application by the Association of University Teachers (AUT) seeking to stop the University of Zimbabwe's (UZ) 44th graduation ceremo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

EDUCATION

UZ lecturers withdraw application to stop graduation ceremony

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has confirmed that an urgent court application seeking to block its upcoming 44th Graduation Ceremony has been withdrawn.In a statement issued on Tuesday, 12 August, th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 August 2025

EDUCATION

Lecturers file court application to halt UZ graduation

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) in Zimbabwe has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to interdict the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Chancellor from conferring degrees, diplomas, a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2025

POLITICS

Vuvuzelas deployed to tackle human-wildlife conflicts

A local non-governmental organisation, Wildlife Conservation Action (WCA), has introduced an unconventional but effective tool in the fight against human-wildlife conflict in rural Kariba - the vuvuze...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt fiddles while UZ burns

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six students accused of mobilising their peers to participate in a protest against the institution's administration, as the ongoing lecturers' strike cont...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

University of Zimbabwe dismisses 4 striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) administration has dismissed four prominent leaders of the ongoing lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 71st day. The strike centers on the lecturers' demand fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Fuel tanker leaks thousands of litres near Umguza river

A potentially devastating catastrophe was narrowly avoided on Saturday when a fuel tanker carrying 37,000 litres of petrol and diesel was involved in a road accident along the Bulawayo-Harare Highway,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

University of Zimbabwe drives research for HIV cure

The University of Zimbabwe Clinical Trials Research Centre (UZ-CTRC) is intensifying its efforts to find a cure for HIV, as Zimbabwe works towards its ambitious goal of eliminating HIV as a public hea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Lecturer strike at UZ deepens

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has accused the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) of deliberately stalling wage negotiations while exploiting the labour of part-time staff brought in to replace...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

University of Zimbabwe withholds salaries of striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has withheld salaries for lecturers who have now clocked 58 days on strike, escalating tensions in a protracted pay dispute that has thrown the academic calendar into d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2025

EDUCATION

UZ offers 'poverty wages' to stand-in lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has come under fire after offering what critics have branded as "poverty wages" to temporary lecturers hired to replace striking academic staff demanding better pay and...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

EDUCATION

France to hand over biotech lab to UZ

Zimbabwe's scientific and academic sectors are poised for a significant leap forward following the official handover of a new biotechnology laboratory to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) by the French ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

UZ to replace striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is moving to hire external experts to replace striking lecturers in a desperate bid to restore normalcy after a two-month-long industrial action that has crippled acade...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

EDUCATION

UZ crisis deepens amid strike

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), the country's oldest institution of higher learning, is reeling under a deepening crisis as a month-long strike by lecturers brings academic activity to a standstill.S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 May 2025

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's CCC coalition gambit mirrors Smith's failed Muzorewa pact

Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party appears to be revisiting the script of colonial Rhodesia's failed 1978 internal settlement as it courts Sengezo Tshabangu's faction of the Citizens Coalition for Change...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 May 2025

EDUCATION

6 UZ students arrested for protesting over lecturers' strike

Six University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested on Monday afternoon after staging a flash protest demanding urgent action to resolve a protracted lecturers' strike that has crippled academic ac...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

UZ students demand exam postponement

Student leaders at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have formally requested a one-week postponement of upcoming examinations, citing academic disruptions caused by an ongoing strike by university lectu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 May 2025

EDUCATION

UZ suspends union leaders, again

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has reignited tensions with its academic staff after issuing fresh suspension letters to leaders of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), just days after liftin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2025

EDUCATION

UZ in climbdown, revokes union leaders' suspension

In an unexpected move, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has revoked the suspension of leaders from the Association of University Teachers (AUT) in a last-ditch effort to bring an end to the ongoing ind...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

EDUCATION

UZ lecturers begin indefinite strike

Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have declared an indefinite strike, demanding a return to pre-2018 salary levels and improved conditions of service, following a successful court bid to pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2025
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