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Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe
Welcome to the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe website. Through our site, we strive to provide an information platform for all those interested in labour and educational issues in Zimbabwe. We are particularly inspired to know that you have spared you valuable time to know what is happening in our schools.....read more
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HIV/AIDS Fund
There is inequitable access to free antiretroviral drug treatment in Zimbabwe. Most teachers, just like other citizens who test HIV positive and are clinically due for ART are failing to get ARVs through the public health delivery system. In June 2006, the PTUZ demonstrated at the National AIDS Council (NAC) offices in Harare demanding equitable access to ARVs by infected teachers....read more
Right to Legal Representation violated
Disciplinary Committees constituted by the Ministry of Education Sport and Culture are denying teachers their right to legal representation. This is a clear violation of the section.In a recent case, Wilbert Muringani, a graduate of the PTUZ Paralegal Training Project was barred access into an office where a PTUZ member Sister Catherine Munekani was appearing to answer misconduct charges before a Disciplinary Committee in Gweru, Midlands Province....read more
