Govt clamps down on ZCTU protests

POLICE armed with truncheons, tear smoke canisters and water cannon laid siege on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) head office in Harare yesterday and arrested top officials as government brutally clamped down on worker protests against the introduction of a new 2% tax on electronic transfers.

BY BLESSED MHLANGA/DESMOND CHINGARANDE/TATENDA CHITAGU/KENNETH NYANGANI/BRENNA MATENDERE

Police gangs randomly beat up ZCTU members who were at the offices before arresting president Peter Mutasa and secretary general Japhet Moyo.

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