The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation
(www.ituc-africa.org) would like to express its solidarity to comrades in ZCTU, to the
entire population of Zimbabwe and particularly to the victims of the deadly Cyclone
“Idai” that has devastated Chipinge and Chimanimani areas.
It was with a great emotion and sadness that we learned of this tragedy that has caused the loss of more than 80 lives in Zimbabwe.
In this sorrowful moment and being very much aware of the impact that these human
and material damages will have caused to the economy of Zimbabwe and more
particularly for the situation of the Zimbabwean workers, we wish to extend our
heartfelt condolences and those of all African workers to you and to the people of
Zimbabwe. We wish speedy recovery to the injured.
We join the ZCTU in urging the government of Zimbabwe to seriously reinforce
preventive measures to prevent loss of lives and curtail the impact of such disasters in
future.
In Solidarity.
Kwasi Adu-Amankwah
General Secretary
