ZCTU warns fuel taxes could spark unrest as fares surge

Zimbabwe's biggest union just dropped a bombshell threat of street chaos unless fuel taxes get axed fast.

ZCTU's urgent warning

• The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions slammed irrational fuel taxes on March twenty.
• Tinkumbu Manhlo flagged skyrocketing kombi fares, crushing workers daily.
• Union predicts civil unrest similar to January 20, 2019, if ignored.
• Employers face calls for big wage hikes to offset living costs.

Fuel price spike details

• Petrol jumped to two dollars and seventeen cents per litre on March eighteen.
• Diesel hit two oh five dollars, triggering instant fare surges.
• Taxes pile on zero eighty-six dollars for petrol and zero forty-two for diesel.
• Zimbabwe's pump prices tower over neighbours staying below one fifty.

Commuter pain points

• Harare fares shot up fifty to one hundred percent overnight on March nineteen.
• Some routes now demand two fifty dollars one way from the suburbs.
• Workers fork out double transport costs, eating into their earnings hard.
• Many now walk far or skip meals to afford rides.

Government inaction blame

• ZCTU pins high costs squarely on excessive domestic levies.
• Ethanol blending fails to cut prices as promised.
• Operators blame sudden hikes for forcing their own fare jumps.
• Union demands a tax review or removal to stop the bleeding.