Zimbabwe public schools face existential crisis as learners depart and teachers demoralised, ARTUZ warns

By Staff Reporter HARARE — Zimbabwe’s fragile public education system is teetering on the brink of collapse, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has warned in a forceful statement released this week as the 2026 school year approaches. Unveiling findings from its internal National Employment Council (NEC), meeting held ahead of schools opening, ARTUZ […]
ARTUZ says Govt policies deepened education and labour ‘crisis’ in 2025

By Staff Reporter Harare — The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), in its latest report, documented that Zimbabwe’s education sector faced deepening strain in 2025. In the report titled “A Year of Unbroken Resistance: ARTUZ Political Report 2025 “the union accused the government of pursuing economic and legislative policies that it says have impoverished […]