Industrial action at University of Zimbabwe

Workers collectively withdraw labour, work to rule or take other protest action, or a formal notice of such action is served.

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What happened, in plain words

Lecturers stopped teaching and picketed the campus gates, demanding pay return to the 2018 level of 2 250 United States dollars a month for junior lecturers, up from about 230 dollars. They also refused to mark examinations. The strike ran for more than 57 days into June 2025 and students who protested in support were arrested. It was the longest running industrial action in Zimbabwean higher education in this period.

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People reported

The source did not give a countable number, so none is shown

14 April 2025

Date of the event

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Confidence in the record

How the number was arrived at

No figure for the number of striking lecturers was reported

Evidence

Field	Value
Source	Nehanda Radio
Link	https://nehandaradio.com/2025/04/25/university-of-zimbabwe-lecturers-intensify-strike-action-demanding-us2-250-salary/
Source last opened by the platform	Never checked
Evidence retrieved	20 August 2026
Fingerprint of the source page	Not taken. The page has not been read successfully.
Published by the source on	25 April 2025
Employer	University of Zimbabwe
Sector	Education & Training
Where	Harare, Harare
Status on this platform	verified
Counted in published figures	Yes

Association of University Teachers led the action. Strike had reached day 57 by 10 June 2025 and students who protested in support were arrested.

The rule this record had to meet

Workers collectively withdraw labour, work to rule or take other protest action, or a formal notice of such action is served.

Evidence required: A named union or worker group, the dates of the action or the notice, and the stated demands, from the union itself or an established publication.

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As at 5 Oct 2026, 14:39. Method version unknown.