In an attempt to stop a planned march/ demonstration against the newly introduced monetary and fiscal policies termed austerity measures by Prof Mthuli Ncube, the ZRP raided the ZCTU offices and arrested the leaders of the union. Several other union workers were arrested on the day in different cities.
On this day in 2019, the police arrested Japhet Moyo, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). He was facing charges of inciting public violence and subversion of the constitutional government in connection with the 2019 January protests.