The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is to go ahead with its protest against the Zimbabwean government at the border between the two countries on Wednesday.
The South African High Court, sitting in the capital, Pretoria, on Tuesday dismissed an application brought by the police to stop COSATU from holding a march and an all night vigil at the Beit Bridge border post on the eve of Zimbabwe's 31 March general elections.
According to the South African Press Agency (SAPA), Judge Essop Patel gave COSATU the right to demonstrate, on condition that they marched on the verge of the highway, did not interfere with the flow of traffic or come within 200 meters of the border post. The number of protestors was also limited to 10,000.
COSATU spokesman Paul Notyawa said they were "unhappy with the conduct of the police, who had initially indicated they had no problem with the march two weeks ago - now, suddenly, they hit us with this application".
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