Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe RTUZ

‘Over 500 Zimbabweans, subjected to ZRP Beating, arrest and killing incidences in past 3 months’

Posted on August 19, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The MDC YOUTH ASSEMBLY notes, with disappointment , a rising record of police intolerance to Zimbabweans exercising their rights to freedoms of speech, assembly and association. We note that over the past three months no less than 500 citizens have been beaten, arrested or both while exercising their constitutional rights. This figure adds to deaths on account of police brutality as recorded in Makokoba six weeks ago. As recent as Thursday 18 August 2016, MDC…

Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Now Effectively On Strike

Posted on July 3, 2016July 3, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) is now effectively on strike across the country with its 6125 strong membership and thousands of other teachers posted in rural stations having stopped to undertake any task associated with their routine work. This comes after the National Executive of RTUZ stormed the finance ministry, on 1 July 2016, demanding immediate payment of long overdue teachers’ salaries. After the protest at the finance ministry, the government has subsequently failed…

Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) To Hold Mass Protests On 29 April 2016 Against Various Govt Policies

Posted on April 16, 2016April 16, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) has set 29 April 2016 as the day it would mobilise its members and go into the streets and peacefully protest against various government policies. The Ministry of primary and secondary education and the Public Service Commission (PSC) have been making a litany of policy pronouncements which have resulted in making the conditions of service for teachers very difficult. At the end of 2015, the government announced that…

Temba Mliswa Appointed , Rural Teachers Union Of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Board Treasurer-;

Posted on March 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The incoming Inaugural Advisory Board will be faced with the task of spearheading the institutional capacity building programme of RTUZ which is targeted at building a strong institution that can support the Union’s ever expanding membership base. The Board will also play an oversight role as custodians of the Union’s assets as well as advice the NEC and Congress on key institutional decisions that must be made. The Board is composed of 5 members who…

Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Statement On Unpaid Bonuses

Posted on February 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) notes the announcement coming from the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa, that civil servants bonuses which were due in November 2015 will be paid starting in February 2016 stretching to May 2016. This is welcome progress but we still wait for actual dates to be pronounced and the use of proper channels in communicating this government position.While this position that Minister Chinamasa is announcing comes…

Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ), Court Appearances

Posted on January 14, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) President, Obert Masaraure, Programmes Officer, Pride Mkono and a collegue, Pride Gava will appear at Mbare’s Magistrate Court on the 14th and 15th of January 2016. The trio was arrested on 28 December 2015 after suspected state agents had followed them throughout the day when they were having various planning meetings for the January 4 demonstration. On the day in question, Masaraure, Mkono and Gava had gone to…

‘Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF Regime , Is Now A De Facto Terrorist Organisation’

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Section 59 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe states that every person has the right to demonstrate and to present petitions, but these rights must be exercised peacefully. Of late, the Zimbabwe Republic Police and other organs of the State security apparatus have ruthlessly and unlawfully clamped down on peaceful demonstrations. On Monday, January 4,2016 in Harare, the Police unlawfully blocked a protest march that was organised by the Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) to…

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Statement On Police Assault Of (RTUZ) Members

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The PDP notes with indignation the brutal onslaught by the Police on the unsuspecting teachers who were exercising their constitutional right to petition and demonstrate. In the eyes of the PDP, this wanton act is a reminiscence of oppression and stands as a reminder that the ZANU PF regime thrives on repression, oppression and supression. The PDP would want to send a message straight to the dictatorial Mugabe regime that; As a Party we are…

‘State Propaganda Machinery, The Herald Newspaper, Claims RTUZ Demonstration Was A Flop’

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

After a violent crushing of the Rural Teachers Union Of Zimbabwe demonstration yesterday, and arrest of protest leaders, Mugabe’s Zanu PF propaganda machinery has kicked into overdrive. The Herald a state publication also Mugabe’s Zanu PF mouthpiece, unashamedly claims that a demonstration by Richard Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement For Democratic Change (MDC-T) activists masquerading as teachers’ representatives, flopped yesterday with less than 20 people turning out for the march and three arrested for participating in the…

Zimbabwe’s Teachers Unions To Hold Protests On 4th January 2016

Posted on January 3, 2016January 3, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe RTUZ in conjunction with Zimbabwe Activist Alliance (ZAA), Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) and progresive citizens have announced that they will be having a Demonstration on the 4th of January 2016 in Harare. RTUZ reportedly submitted a notification letter to the Police Internal Security lntelligence (PISI) department of ZRP Harare District on 31 December 2015. The letter was received by one officer who calls himself Jack Jackson and he…

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