May Day commemorations came just over a week after the price of bread almost doubled in Zimbabwe.
HARARE - Unions in Zimbabwe marked May Day bemoaning worsening economic woes plaguing the country including price hikes and massive joblessness which have left workers with little to celebrate.
“The challenge that we have right now is that we don’t have a stable currency,” said a worker in Harare who only gave his first name as Hilary. Raymond Majongwe, leader of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, told a rally in Harare the ruling elite was leading lavish lifestyles while most people wallow in poverty.
But after the central bank unveiled a new monetary policy in February, introducing a new local currency, prices of goods and services sky-rocketed.
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