“We Are Mobilizing Workers For Protests”
24 June 2020
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Farai Dziva|ZCTU has warned of spontaneous protests as a result of the country’s deepening economic crisis.

On Monday ZCTU president Peter told Daily News that deploying security forces would worsen the situation.

Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has been accused of using the lockdown to suppress dissenting voices.

“We are mobilising the workers. Actually, the workers are being mobilised by the material conditions in the country.

Instead of sending heavily-armed police and soldiers, the government should better address the workers’ concerns.

People are hungry. Deploying the army and police in our view exacerbates the situation because eventually, people will go out to look for food.

People are desperate, and they are working for nothing,” Mutasa told the daily publication.

“We are prepared for a long, protracted struggle. What we are demanding is a peaceful demonstration.
The people must be very peaceful.

We must be wary of people who join us and seek to cause violence. Our resistance must be peaceful and avoid provocateurs.
Apartheid in South Africa was not dismantled in one day.

Even the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe was prolonged.”

ZCTU