ZIMBABWE: Continued support for national strike

Trade union officials last Thursday said up to 70 percent of the country's businesses remained closed on the second day of a three-day national strike. "Banks, stores and factories across the country have continued to heed the call to shut down. This is a promising sign that the strike has achieved what it set out to do. We expect that the success of this action will increase the pressure on the government to make some significant changes," the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general, Wellington Chibebe, told IRIN.