“We have not banned the possession of any other currency except you cannot transact in any shop. If you want to buy your USD or Euro, you go to a Bureau de Change, that’s what is normal and that is what should be done,” President Mnangagwa.

ARTUZ have noted with great pain that the government is heartless about Teacher’s plight for better living wage. The ban of the use of US by the Government of Zimbabwe we view it as a direct attack to the ARTUZ which was on the track record of demanding salaries in US.

ARTUZ demand a living wage not slave wage . Our demands came on the back drop of erosion of our salaries in bond notes and skyrocketing of basic goods prices which were pegged or rated in US dollar hence the demand of salaries in a currency which is stable. After all the pushing and shoving our battle is thrown into abyss just by a word of mouth.

Our government is taking us for a ride and we shall not give in until something is done. In all honesty prices are unbearable and with the peanuts we are getting we can’t afford a decent meal for ourselves and let alone our innocent children. Shall we remain a wasted generation cdes or we are our own liberators? We shall not bow in or give a nod to the banning of USD transactions in Zimbabwe until a time when all is set.

We cannot sit and pretend everything is well when Marxisim is what the Government is advocating for. We are tired of the continous harrassment of our members by state agents and we are appealing to cdes to be more united than ever. We are no more leaping in darkness but in a tunnel with rays of hope shining from outside.
Cdes the struggle is real.

ARTUZ office of the Secretary General.