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Pastor E launches #ThisFlag cricket protest for 6 August 2016

August 4, 2016

Hey fellow Zimbabweans, Evan Mawarire here. I want to invite you to do something really, really special. Remember we are protesting against our government – corruption, injustice and poverty, and we want them to listen to the citizens, because these people don’t listen. So we have to find creative ways of protesting and making sure that they hear our voice. So here’s what we’re going to do. On Saturday the 6th of August, this coming Saturday, our Zimbabwe national cricket team is going to be playing New Zealand in Bulawayo. They’re playing New Zealand in Bulawayo, the national cricket team. And if you remember a couple of years ago, Henry Olonga and Andy Flowers and the boys had one of the first protests during a cricket game. We want to pay honour to those guys for starting the first protest, and to build upon the momentum of Zimbabweans everywhere who are protesting against this government and saying Enough is Enough, we don’t want our country to be trashed any more. So here’s what I want you to do. Go to the cricket game on Saturday 6 August 2016. Take your flag with you, #ThisFlag with you. But here’s the special bit. At the 36th over, when the 36th over starts, you and I are going to stand up as a sign of saying for 36 years we have been quiet, but now we are standing up. In the 36th over, I want you to start singing the national anthem. They can’t shut you up, they can’t arrest you for singing the national anthem. So download this video, send it to your friends, go to Bulawayo, attend the game. As the game goes, 36th over, everyone stand up and start singing the national anthem. Sky News will have to catch it, every channel that’s covering the cricket game will have to catch it. ZBC will turn the cameras away, but they can’t shut our voice down.

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