Articles
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23 April 2025 Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour
NewsThanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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10 December 2024 Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour
NewsEducation unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...
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12 July 2024 Against all odds: the union’s victory to elevate the status of college lecturers in Zimbabwe
How does a lecturers’ union influence legislative change and restore the status of its members in a toxic, polarized, and polarising political environment? Through commitment, resilience and indomitable will. This article chronicles the unlikely victory of the College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ) that saw the Government of Zimbabwe enact...
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4 August 2022 Zimbabwe: Education unions commit to unite to advance social dialogue and quality education
NewsEducation unions in Zimbabwe affiliated to Education International have vowed to unite and work together in the social dialogue processes taking place in their country, aiming to achieve improved outcomes for workers in the education sector.
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1 April 2021 EIRAF Launches Climate Change Network in Southern Africa
NewsEIRAF Launches Climate Change Network in Southern Africa
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21 October 2020 “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...
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Cooperation Projects
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2025 Go Public! campaign (Zimbabwe)
Teacher trade unions in Zimbabwe are currently advocating for: increased funding for public education better salaries and improved working conditions for teachers teacher-pupil ratio restoration of respect and dignity for the profession through professionalization of the teaching profession
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2021 - 2023 Promoting social dialogue to eradicate child labour and strengthen quality education provisions in Zimbabwe
Following the successful implementation of a project against child labour in Chipinge (Manicaland province) in 2015-2020, ZIMTA and PTUZ are developing a child labour free zone in the Muzabani district (Mashonaland Central province).
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2016 - 2024 Union Capacity Support (Zimbabwe)
Ongoing support for the union's core activities of collective bargaining and defense of member rights. Provided assistance to hold national congress and collective bargaining workshop.
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Affiliates
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Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe
PTUZ
P.O. Box CR 620 CranborneHararetel: +263 772.35.82.74tel: +263 773.62.25.51fax: +263 (4) 74.19.37 -
College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe
COLAZ
No 90 Alverstone Court,Zimrights House, 4th StreetHararetel: +263 (4) 70.72.78fax: +263 (4) 70.72.68 -
Zimbabwe Teachers' Association
ZIMTA
P.O.Box 1440Hararetel: +263 (4) 79.59.31tel: +263 (9) 12.23.76.49fax: +263 (4) 79.10.42 -
Zimbabwe Educational, Health, Scientific, Social and Cultural Workers Union
ZEHSSCWU
P.O. Box CY 95Causeway, Hararetel: +263 (4) 70.47.47tel: +263 (4) 70.09.02fax: +263 (4) 70.47.47