of ZCTU president Matombo, but he was not home. They later went on to arrest Matombo’s brother and a security guard, whose whereabouts are currently unknown.
ZCTU secretary general Wellington Chibebe said: “There has been a lot of intimidation and harassment of our members. Despite this we will go ahead with our scheduled strike. The ZCTU remains committed to serving the interests of workers who are heavily taxed and poorly paid.” Chibebe told New Zimbabwe.com.
ACTSA and the British TUC are taking to the streets today in support and solidarity of the struggle of Zimbabwean workers. The demonstration takes place outside the Zimbabwean Embassy between 12-2pm.
Workers in Zimbabwe are being intimidates by riot police to try and prevent the success of the ZCTU stay-away. We must all show our support for the ZCTU and also our disgust for these intimidation tactics by demonstrating outside the Zimbabwean Embassy. We have the right to protest without fear of intimidation and I hope that as many of you as possible exercise that right and stand with us as we stand with the workers of Zimbabwe.
Action for Southern Africa – Peace, Justice, Solidarity
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