Strike paralyses ZITF

Bulawayo City Council workers yesterday downed tools, paralysing service delivery in the country’s second biggest city on the eve of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) starting this morning.

Over 700 municipality workers gathered at the city’s Revenue Hall for over eight hours yesterday demanding payment of their outstanding salaries for the past three months.

Addressing the strikers at the hall, Zimbabwe Urban Councils Workers’ Union (ZUCWU) secretary-general Moses Mahlangu said they would continue with their industrial action until they were paid.

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