Zanu-PF Taken To High Court For Forcing Children To Attend Party Rallies By Teachers

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has taken Zanu-PF to the High Court seeking an interdict to stop the ruling party from forcing pupils to attend political rallies. Part of the court papers which were filed at the Masvingo High Court read,

….notwithstanding recommendations of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to desist from doing so, the first (Zanu-PF) and second (Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima) respondents continue to threaten to do or, in fact, do the following:

Ask, encourage or force children at schools as well as compelling teachers to attend or participate in political rallies or activities and cause the closure of schools for its political rallies or activities.

…The applicants (Artuz) aver that the continuation of the above actions and inactions will likely cause irreparable harm to the children and teachers involved and, therefore, seek an interim interdict restraining the first respondent from doing the abovementioned actions and the second respondent from assisting the first respondent to do the above-mentioned actions

The case will be heard by Justice Joseph Mafusire on the 25th of June.

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