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Post-Mugabe plans gain ground

Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL DEBATE around the formation of a transitional authority to oversee Zimbabwe’s administration will this month take centre stage as the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) plans national and regional conferences to discuss the issue. In a statement yesterday, the PCC also waded into the storm around comments attributed […]

Police, stop the brutality

Source: Heal Zimbabwe Heal Zimbabwe condemns in the strongest terms the assault of #Tajamuka/Sesijikile campaign protestors, by riot police on the 17th of August 2016. The protestors were demonstrating against the plans by the Government to introduce the bond notes and the general deteriorating socio- political and economic conditions in the country. As the protestors […]

Police break up bank protest in Zimbabwe

Source: EuroNews Original article URL Police in Zimbabwe have broken up a protest against plans by the government and central bank to re-introduce local banknotes in Harare. Around 100 protesters, most of them holding flowers, set out to march through the streets of the capital. They sang songs denouncing: President Robert Mugabe Finance Minister Patrick […]

Tajamuka protest in Tweets via @_6_Legend

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Zim braces for more peaceful protests

Source: Obey Manayiti, NewsDay Original article URL THE country is bracing for more peaceful protests this week starting today as activists pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s government to address sticking concerns that are taking the country down the drain. The demonstrations were being organised by Tajamuka/Sesijikile, Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) and #ThisPeaceFlower, […]

Zimbabwean police fire tear gas, water cannon to disperse protest

Source: Reuters Original article URL HARARE – Zimbabwean police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to disperse about 100 people protesting against central bank plans to re-introduce local banknotes, a Reuters witness said. The protesters set out to march through the streets of the capital Harare towards the central bank but were stopped […]

Zim to rejig SI 64 as SA flexes economic muscle

Source: Tatira Zwinoira, NewsDay Original article URL SOUTH Africa’s recommendations on the reduction of surtax and duty on 112 products is set to be discussed by Cabinet soon, Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha has said. Speaking to NewsDay on the sidelines of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers breakfast meeting on the controversial Statutory Instrument […]

Zimbabwe state security agents harass protesting teachers

Source: Jonga Kandemiiri, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) executive members, who have embarked on a 10 day 200 kilometre march from Mutawatawa to Harare, claimed Tuesday that their overnight camp at Mashambanhaka Primary School was raided by state security agents. In a statement, they claimed that the 15-member executive was […]

12 parties gang up on Mugabe

Source: Xolisani Ncube, NewsDay Original article URL Twelve political parties have ganged up on President Robert Mugabe (pictured) and are planning a massive joint mass protest to demand the immediate implementation of electoral reforms ahead of the 2018 elections. The parties — Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T, Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) led by Joice Mujuru, the Welshman […]