UNZA unions call off go-slow after govt promises to resolve their issues

Acting Education Minister Elvis Nkandu says government has directed the University of Zambia management to pay the workers their dues in order to end the go-slow. And Nkandu has also directed the university management to allow owing students to write their examinations but withhold their results until they clear their balances. Hundreds of UNZA students on Tuesday protested over recent power outages, the go slow by university staff and also backed calls for the removal of vice chancellor Professor Luke Mumba. The University of Zambia Allied and Workers’ Union (UNZAAWU), the University of Zambia Professional Staff Union (UNZAPROSU) and the University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers’ Union (UNZALARU) recently vowed to maintain the go slow until their demands were met,...