There has been a certain tension about today. The trade union ZCTU had announced that they would stage a big demonstration, between 12 and 14 o'clock today. The demonstration was not approved of by the authorities and the police had announced they would be "prepared".
I noticed this morning on my way to work that the police controlled veihcles going into town. I don't have to drive through the centre, but still had to wait a long time to get to the crossing where I turn right and the cars going downtown go straight.
To check out if there was anything happening I, two colleagues and a driwer went downtown and just came back. There was really nothing to be seen. Ok, some of the main streets were blocked and there were some armed military police standing on the street corners, but apart from that, all quiet. That was quite strange as there has been a lot of discussion about this demonstration. Maybe they did not even make it to their starting point...
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