Zimbabwean police have arrested six members of the Zimbabwe National Students Union for protesting at the University of Zimbabwe over lecturers' low salaries. University lecturers are demanding a salary of $22 50, the amount they received in 2018, arguing that their current $2 19 salary is inadequate.

Their absence from classes due to this dispute prompted the student protest against the university administration. More from our Correspondent, John Cassim, based in Harare, Zimbabwe...

Zimbabwean police have arrested six members of the Zimbabwe National Students Union for protesting at the University of Zimbabwe over lecturers' low salaries. University lecturers are demanding a salary of $22 50, the amount they received in 2018, arguing that their current $2 19 salary is inadequate.
Their absence from classes due to this dispute prompted the student protest against the university administration. More from our Correspondent, John Cassim, based in Harare, Zimbabwe...

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