Jane Mlambo| Harare currently resembles a war zone with riot police officers patrolling streets to scare people from participating in a planned demonstration organized by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions against the 2 percent tax imposed by government on all electronic transactions.

A few minutes ago, a group of protestors attempted to march but heavily armed police   descended on the ZCTU offices where workers were gathered in preparation of the protest and arrested its President Peter Mutasa.

ZCTU insists that the protest will go ahead as they are exempted from the requirements of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA).

The Labour body has also approached the Constitutional Court to challenge police’s decision to ban their protest citing the cholera epidemic.