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The\u00a0Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU)<\/a>\u00a0has urged workers in particular and citizens, in general, not to look up to ruling elites but to join the \u201cresistance\u201d against the government\u2019s \u201cstupid\u201d policies.<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0Daily News<\/em>\u00a0on Monday, ZCTU president\u00a0Peter Mutasa<\/a>\u00a0argued that citizens\u2019 sufferings are being orchestrated by the same people. He said:<\/p>\n

Workers and citizens must not look up to the ruling elites who don\u2019t care about our plight. The suffering of the masses is orchestrated by the same people.<\/p>\n

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While everyone else is suffering, the ruling elites are pillaging and looting the natural and other resources of the country. There is no incentive for them to change the way things are.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As a result, the workers and citizens must free themselves from this bondage \u2026 the ZCTU urges every one of them to join in the resistance against stupid policies that have impoverished us such as austerity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mutasa is among a significant number of trade unionists and political and human rights activists who are facing charges of subversion related to the January fuel protests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In January 2019, ZCTU called for a mass stay-away to force the government to address the various socio-economic challenges Zimbabweans have to contend with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU)\u00a0has urged workers in particular and citizens, in general, not to look up to ruling elites but to join the \u201cresistance\u201d against the government\u2019s \u201cstupid\u201d policies. Speaking to\u00a0Daily News\u00a0on Monday, ZCTU president\u00a0Peter Mutasa\u00a0argued that citizens\u2019 sufferings are being orchestrated by the same people. 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