Lecturers’ have announced an imminent shutdown as a result of what they termed, incapacitation. In a circular, they said salaries have drastically fallen to the equivalent of a paltry US$200 per month.

This salary now fails to take any family person for a week hence we wish to notify you that we are now incapacitated, they said in the statement.

Workers at the University of Zimbabwe also made urgent requests from their employer asking for domestic items such as firewood.

A notice signed by Hlabati Taderera, the worker’s committee secretary reads, “having realised the criticalness of our work, we are now requesting the following on behalf of the workforce, student accommodation be used by employees who are no longer affording transport fares to and from work. Our members are at crossroads and we hope the above requests will be granted by June 21, 2019 to avoid disruption of smooth running of university business.”