Union urges govt to reintegrate teachers returning from SA

HARARE, Jul. 24 (NewsDay Live) – The Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ) has called on the government to urgently establish a policy framework to facilitate the registration, absorption and re-employment of Zimbabwean teachers returning from South Africa following xenophobic attacks.

In a petition dated July 21, 2026, addressed to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, and the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, the union urged authorities to intervene to protect the livelihoods of affected educators.

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