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NCA statement on ZCTU protests
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
September 12, 2006

The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) is fully behind national protests Operation Tatambura/Sesihluphekile which is being organised by our members the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). We believe the ZCTU has genuine FOUR reasons to protest against the current harsh political-economic conditions which have left the worker exposed.

• The issue of workers earning below the poverty datum line (PDL) being taxed is one which confirms that the regime is unfeeling and is not concerned by the worker’s plight. In fact all workers must be earning above the PDL.
• With Zimbabwe having one of the highest HIV rate of infection in the region, we support the ZCTU in calling the government to make the anti-retrovirals (ARVs) available to the affected for free.
• The civic society’s space has been shrinking by the day through enactment colonial laws such as POSA, AIPPA, the Interception of Communication Bill and the NGO Bill. The government should devote its time to addressing this sombre economic meltdown.
• The harassment of the informal traders by the police is not only appalling; it is illegal as it deprives the workers of their means to a livelihood. They cannot get employment – thanks to regime’s skewed policies.

The NCA will be 100 percent behind the ZCTU in all the places where demonstrations will take place. Should the government not respond favourably – as it has already indicated – the NCA will stage demonstrations very soon in solidarity with the Zimbabwean worker who is a member of the NCA?

A new constitution now.

Madock Chivasa
NCA Spokesperson

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