Tensions are rising in Zimbabwe following the arrest of 15 nurses at Marondera Hospital during a picket action.

There are now growing calls for their immediate release.

Healthcare workers across the country threatening to stage an hour-long picket within the next 72 hours if their colleagues are not freed.

The situation has also revived memories of 2018, when the government dismissed more than 10 000 nurses who were protesting for better wages.

–Channel Africa–