A showdown is threatening to happen in Zimbabwe on Thursday as labour unions have vowed to go ahead with planned protests against the country’s continued economic crisis. This is despite a ban on all protests and public gatherings by the police due to fear of a possible new cholera outbreak.
Zimbabwe’s largest trade union, the Zimbabwe Congress Trade Union (ZCTU) called for national protests on Thursday as the country’s economic crisis worsened, AFP reported.
The strike was triggered by sharp price increases, a new tax on electronic transactions and daily shortages ranging from fuel tof ood and drugs.
“We are going to approach the courts. We do not think the police have a legal basis for any ban,” ZCTU president Peter Mutasa said on Tuesday.
