1.   But the MTA also risks the possibility of a strike in November, when ridership is heavier and school buses are not as readily available to ferry commuters.

2.   Police fired tear gas into homes and stopped taxi vans ferrying commuters from the Kuwadzana township into the center of Harare, said Robert Manase, a market vendor.

3.   Officials deployed government dump trucks to ferry stranded commuters, said Police Superintendent Isidro Lapena.

4.   Police fired tear gas and stopped vans ferrying commuters from one township into the center of Harare, said Robert Manase, a market vendor.

5.   Taxis and public buses stood idle, and rickshaws were the only transport allowed, ferrying commuters to government offices which opened despite the strike.