FILE REF ZHRC/CI/0069/17
In the matter between:
TEACHERS UNIONS OF ZIMBABWE
COMPLAINANTS
And
MINISTRY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
1ST RESPONDENT
ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION
2ND RESPINDENT
-PATRIOTIC FRONT
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
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1. Introduction and background
This report contains findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights
Commission
(ZHRC/Commission),
pursuant
to
an
investigation
undertaken by the ZHRC into a complaint lodged by three Teachers
Unions namely, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ),
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the Zimbabwe
Rural Teachers Union (ZRTU) on behalf of Teachers and school children
across the country. The complaint involves allegations of violation of
children’s rights, the right to education, freedom of association and
assembly by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE)
and ZANU-PF party (hereinafter referred to as the respondents).The
investigations were commenced in July 2017. A letter was written to the
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