Opposition politician Nelson Chamisa lamented the small salary given to university lecturers and vowed to prioritize workers’ issues when he was in charge.
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturer defeated the tools that demand a decent salary. Junior instructors bring home just $230 a month. This is not enough to meet your basic needs.
As experts from many countries earn less than USD 300 a month, instructor fraternity alone is poorly paid.
In a statement officially marking the 2025 Workers’ Day commemoration, Chamisa described Zimbabwe as a country with many jobs and welcomed the nation’s citizens for their resilience.
“Workers have fallen into slavery. Many workers earn very low wages, essentially working with the poor and essentially putting them in the poor. Our teachers and nurses are struggling. Our civil servants are struggling.
“Many workers have lost their pensions and face difficult retirement futures. Zimbabwean workers literally live, work and retire in poverty,” Chamisa said.
He added that high unemployment and lack of government protection have deprived many workers of their rights and freedoms, pushing many people into unofficial employment of survivalism without social security, income security or other rights of work.
The level of working class poverty has driven many experts to seek better opportunities abroad, Chamisa said.
“Our new government, our next government, will focus on restoring workers’ dignity and strengthening true social dialogue as a way to address the multiple issues facing workers.
“We prioritize restructuring the economy and public services to create employment opportunities for many unemployed young Zimbabweans, ending job contingencies and stopping unemployment and cutting.
