{"id":3278,"date":"2019-02-07T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=3278"},"modified":"2019-02-07T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:43:18","slug":"cosatu-demo-triggers-security-lockdown-in-beitbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/cosatu-demo-triggers-security-lockdown-in-beitbridge","title":{"rendered":"Cosatu demo triggers security lockdown in Beitbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THERE was heavy deployment of security forces at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday in anticipation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), pressure group #Tajamuka\/Sesijikile and Children of the Zimbabwe War Veterans Association\u2019s demonstration against Zimbabwean authorities\u2019 protracted human rights abuses.<span id=\"more-3096224744013220\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>#Tajamuka and Cozwa who had threatened to join the protests, were conspicuous by their absence on the Zimbabwean side of the border, while the South African Police<br \/>\nServices (Saps) confined the Cosatu demonstrators to a section of the road, off the main highway linking South Africa and Zimbabwe and away from the border post.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic flowed smoothly between the two countries and people conducted their businesses as usual although there was an unusual high security presence on both sides of the border post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-1937225725\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent\">\n<p>Cosatu led a demonstration in solidarity with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, whose leaders have been charged with treason for allegedly leading a nationwide demonstration against fuel price hikes which later degenerated into violent scenes last month.<\/p>\n<p>The placard-carrying Cosatu members slammed the gross human rights violations perpetrated by the Zanu PF-led government and the \u201csystemic abuse of power and repression against leaders and members of the trade union movement led by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions\u201d. 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