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Strike cost the economy US $12 Million

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe’s business leaders said at the weekend that last Wednesday’s strike against the continued seizure of white-owned farms by independence war veterans had cost the country’s economy US $12 million in lost production, news reports said.

    The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) was quoted as saying that businesses suffered cancelled orders, lost business confidence and production because of the strike. “We believe there is need to promote dialogue as stay-aways tend to retard development,” said ZNCC chief executive Wonder Maisiri.

    The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change had originally called a three-day strike, which was later reduced to one-day on Wednesday last week. Its objective was to force the government to evict the war veterans from white-owned farms they have occupied since February.

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