FACT SHEET | Zimbabwe's many teachers' unions - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
July 26, 2022
Zimbabwe has about 135 000 public school teachers countrywide. Teachers’ unions and associations are engaging the government on salaries and work conditions. According to unions, inflation has eroded teachers’ earnings leaving them unable to afford basics.
According to Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), a person needed a monthly income of Z$18,425 in June to afford only the basics.
The average salary of a teacher is Z$28 000, in addition to US dollar allowances. Teachers demand US$540 or the local currency equivalent as base salary, pegging their salaries to 2018, before government dropped the 1:1 currency peg.
Here is a snapshot of Unions and professional associations in the Zimbabwe education sector registered in terms of the Public Service ACT [16:04]
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)
President: Takavafira Zhou
Secretary General: Raymond Majongwe
Membership size: 14 175
Contacts: 0782 702 836
Address: 14 McLaren Road Milton Park
Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA)
Chief Executive Officer: Richard Gundane
President: Ndlovu Sifiso
Secretary General: Goodwill Taderera
Membership Size: 41 601
Contacts: 0242 795931/762033/250565
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ)
President: Obert Masaraure
Secretary General: Robson Chere
Membership Size: 386
Contacts: 0775643192/0776129336
Zimbabwe National Teachers Union (ZINATU)
Chief Executive Officer: Manuel Nyawo
President: Davy Mudhebha
Secretary General: Maunganidze Livison
Membership Size: 50
Contacts: 0774013500/0774994112
Zimbabwe National Educators Union (ZINEU)
President: Morven Dube
Secretary General: Charles Chinosenga
Membership Size: 59
Contacts: 0772590113
Address: 101 Mimosa House Bulawayo
Zimbabwe Rural Teachers Union (ZRTU)
President: Martin Chaburumunda
Secretary General: Fambai Fambai
Membership Size: 1 359
Contacts: 0775 226380
Professional Educators Union of Zimbabwe (PEUZ)
President: Wilson Makanyaire
Secretary General: Nefure Chaderopa Chaderopa
Membership Size: 77
Contacts: 0773013406
Zimbabwe Democratic Teachers Union (ZDTU)
President: Currently there is none, he passed away
Secretary General: Farai Tasaranarwo
Membership Size: 1 098
Contacts: 0773816324
Address: 69 Buddie House 7 floor Samora Machel
Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (TUZ)
President: Simon Chimanga
Secretary General: Rengani Phiri
Membership Size: 2 833
Contacts: 0774861521
Address: ZIMDEF House, office space number 9, ground floor Rotten Raw Harare
College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ)
President: Davis Dzasunga
Secretary General: Nickson Madovi
Membership size: 674
Contacts: 0772385342
Sources
ZIMSTAT
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education