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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88668, member: 27"]
Zimbabwe's biggest union just dropped a bombshell threat of street chaos unless fuel taxes get axed fast.

ZCTU's urgent warning
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[*]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.
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Fuel price spike details
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[*]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.
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Commuter pain points
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[*]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.
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Government inaction blame
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[*]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.
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