TRADE UNIONS IN ZIMBABWE ARE ATTEMPTING TO LAUNCH A THREE-DAY GENERAL ...

World | March 20, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

Trade unions in Zimbabwe are attempting to launch a three-day general strike, a day after the Commonwealth suspended the country's government from all the organisation's meetings for a year. The unions have called the strike in protest at what they say is the harassment of pro-opposition workers since the recent disputed presidential election, which saw President Robert Mugabe returned for a fifth term of office. Reports from the capital, Harare, say the response so far has been patchy, with many shops opening as normal.

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