Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is a united front of Zimbabwean students, dedicated to the socio-economic advancement of students and the liberation of students from all forms of exploitation and oppression. ZINASU is committed to defending academic freedoms and rights, promoting democracy, non-racism, non-sexism, gender equality, and student representation at the national level. ZINASU recognizes the problems facing the education sector and the need to resolve them, guided by the principles of Ubuntu…
Recenty it has given the government a 7-day of final proposition threat3ning to close down universities and colleges in protest over an increase in tuition fees.
The students union has raised concerns over the high tuition fees that they believe are sudden and have led to an increased number of drop outs in tertiary education
Speaking after delivering the ultimatum, ZINASU president Emmanuel Sitima expressed the students’ frustration with the authorities for their reluctance to engage in dialogue.
“If they fail to respond within 7 days we will close universities and colleges. We are tired of engaging. We are tired of convincing him to have a dialogue. We are going to declare a national shutdown. We are going to use streets as a point of entry,” said Sitima.
Source NewZimbabwe
