Zimbabwe police give unions green light for public sector protest

HARARE - Zimbabwe police have given public sector workers permission to march for better pay on Wednesday in what is widely seen as a test of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's willingness to tolerate dissent.

"The regulating authority still reserves the right to stop the gathering should it turn out to a public order threat or violent. Police will monitor," Oscar Mugomeri, police commander for Harare central district, wrote in the letter.Unions say Mnangagwa's government has not responded to demands for US dollar-indexed salaries to cushion public sector workers against inflation that economists say reached 380% in September.

Police have been on high alert since January when fuel protests turned violent and at least a dozen people were killed during a security crackdown. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, who projects the economy to contract by 6.5-percent this year, has said the government cannot meet the workers' demands.Charles Chinosengwa, spokesman for the Apex Council, which represents 230,000 workers - excluding the health and security sectors - said unions were mobilising members from across Zimbabwe.

So Zimbabwe is a police state mos just like the U.S..

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