The Zimbabwe and Swaziland governments continue their brutal attacks, arbitrary arrests and general use of force to clamp down and silence the trade union movement in general and their leaders in particular, said the leaders of National Trade Union Centres/Federations from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The leaders met from 6th to 7th November, 2003 at the 9th Labour Symposium in Zimbabwe.