Police raid top trade unionist's home Zim Online (SA) Date posted:Mon 1-Nov-2004 Date published:Mon 1-Nov-2004
Back to previous page		Govt wants to punish ZCTU officials who invited Cosatu Harare - Police yesterday raided Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) deputy secretary-general Collin Gwiyo's Harare home but did not arrest him because he was not there. Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena could not be reached to clarify what the law enforcement agency wanted Gwiyo for but the trade unionist told Zim Online he believed the police want him in connection with the Congress of South African Trade Unions' (Cosatu) botched up fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe. "They simply told my family that I must report to my local police station. I believe this could be linked to the Cosatu mission," Gwiyo said. The trade unionist said he was arranging to present himself to the police with his lawyer either last night or today. Harare deported Cosatu leaders who had come to Zimbabwe to assess the situation in the country ahead of crucial elections next March. The government which angrily objected to the mission accused the Cosatu leaders of working with Britain and other Western countries opposed to its land reforms to topple it from power. Cosatu, which went to Zimbabwe at the invitation of the ZCTU, denies the charge. The government had also indicated it might want to punish ZCTU officials who invited Cosatu against its objections.