Local buses suspend Zim trips

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Local cross-border bus operators with services to Zimbabwe have suspended trips to the troubled neighbour, where armed law enforcement continues to clamp down on public demonstrations against a sharp fuel price increase.

Under the campaign #ZimbabweShutdown, the country’s labour movements and opposition parties urged ordinary citizens to stay away from work, school and others from Monday in protest against the overall economic crisis and the recent fuel price increases in particular.

Sporadic incidents of violence, burning and looting have however, characterised some of the protests, with Zimbabwean law enforcement responding with deadly force in certain cases. By this afternoon, South African media was quoting opposition parties as saying six people had been killed thus far by Zimbabwe police in the tensions.

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