To finance this pension scheme, Mugabe's government proposed new taxes, but a general strike was called in protest in December 1997; amid protest from ZANU–PF itself, Mugabe's government abandoned the taxes
Pofuna kupeza ndalama za penshoni, boma la Mugabe linaganiza zokhoma misonkho yatsopano, koma kunyalanyazidwa kwakukulu kunaitanidwa kaamba ka zionetsero mu December 1997; Pakati pa zionetsero za ZANU-PF, boma la Mugabe linasiya misonkho 