FOUR days of a strike by thousands of municipal workers over pay plunged Zimbabwe’s capital city into a crisis by Tuesday, with disruption of some of the essential services. Some 15000 striking Harare city workers have downed their tools and assembled at the city’s mayoral offices, the Town House in the city centre, demanding a 45% pay hike. The mass action has disrupted essential activities such as garbage collection, medical care and funeral services. Crematoriums were closed while no graves were prepared at cemeteries. Blocked sewer pipes remained unrepaired, while council clinics manned by senior medical staff have attended only to maternity cases since the strike started on Saturday.