The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is the dominant central trade union federation in Zimbabwe. The general secretary of ZCTU is Wellington Chibebe and the president is Lovemore Matombo.
The ZCTU has 35 affiliated unions. Its director is Godfrey Kanyenze, who is also Director for Zimbabwe for the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OBISA), part of the network of organizations associated with George Soros. Jeffrey Mutandare is a former President of the ZCTU.
The ZCTU obtains funding from the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (a successor institution to AIFLD) and the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy.
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