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Zimbabweans planning to shut down border posts over imports ban law

August 4, 2016

Source: Gibbs Dube, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Zimbabweans living outside the country working in conjunction with Pastor Evan Mawarire’s #thisflag and Tajamuka-Sesijikile Campaign are planning to shut down all border posts borders starting on August 8th to protest against the government’s move to block the importation of some basic commodities under Statutory Instrument 64 […]

Filed Under: News Articles, VOA Zimbabwe Tagged With: activists, border closures, cross border traders, import ban, protest

‘We are fed up, not afraid’

August 4, 2016

Source: Bridget Mananavire, Daily News Original article URL HARARE – Large crowds thronged Harare’s central business district yesterday as increasingly restless Zimbabweans, including unemployed university graduates who are having to eke out a difficult living as street vendors, marched against the country’s dying economy and the government’s imminent introduction of bond notes to try and […]

Filed Under: Daily News, News Articles Tagged With: activists, bond notes, demos, graduates, protest, Tajamuka, unemployed

#Beatthepots – Empty vessels make an impressionable noise

August 3, 2016

Source: Tinotenda Chishiri, Research and Advocacy Unit Original article URL In July this year, women in Bulawayo marched through town beating their cooking utensils against their pots as a form of protest against President Robert Mugabe’s government. This act is symbolic of the starvation being experienced within many households and as Thokozane Khupe put it […]

Filed Under: Opinion / Analysis Tagged With: Analysis, demos, opinion, political parties, protest

Zimbabwe police use batons to break up anti-government protest

August 3, 2016

Source: MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters Original article URL Anti-riot police used batons to break up a peaceful march in Zimbabwe’s capital on Wednesday, the latest public protest against how President Robert Mugabe’s government has handled the economy. Mugabe, 92, and in power since independence from Britain in 1980, is increasingly under pressure from angry Zimbabweans, as […]

Filed Under: News Articles, Reuters Tagged With: activists, demos, graduates, police harassment, protest, unemployed

Pictures: Bond notes & unemployment demo

August 3, 2016

Source: NewsDay Original article URL Police assault TV cameraperson Tendai Musiya during demonstrations in Harare, August, 3, 2016. Zimbabwean police fired teargas and water cannons, violently breaking up protests in the capital.Dozens fled in all directions as baton wielding police indiscriminately attacked demonsrators and people on the streets.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) ______________________________________________________________________ PICTURES BELOW BY SHEPHERD […]

Filed Under: News Articles, NewsDay

Video: Police crush peaceful demo

August 3, 2016

Source: NewsDay Original article URL The video shows the amount of force and resources police can dedicate to crush peaceful expression by disgruntled Zimbabweans. It happened Wednesday afternoon when Zimbabweans took to the street to peacefully protest against the introduction of bond notes and to express frustration over government’s failure to provide the 2,2 million […]

Filed Under: NewsDay, Video & Audio Tagged With: activists, bond notes, demos, graduates, police violence, protest

ZNLWVA leaders released on bail

August 3, 2016

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe on Wednesday 3 August 2016 freed four Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) leaders who are facing charges of undermining the authority of, or insulting President Robert Mugabe in contravention of Section 33 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Chapter 9:23] on […]

Filed Under: NGO Statements, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Tagged With: arrests, human rights, war veterans

Updates: Demos rock Harare, again

August 3, 2016

Source: NewsDay Original article URL 13:00 Reports indicate that around 1 pm, police, armed with teargas, water cannons, baton sticks and guns, descended on the peaceful protesters, throwing teargas and causing chaos in the city centre in a bid to stop marchers from advancing to Parliament building. "Just quit and go l'll forgive you" – […]

Filed Under: News Articles, NewsDay Tagged With: activists, bond notes, demos, graduates, protest

Economic crisis and prospects of regime breakdown in Zimbabwe

August 3, 2016

Source: Zimbabwe Democracy Institute Introduction This paper contends that economic decline alone is not adequate to lead to authoritarian breakdown. It is written in a context of political and economic crisis marked by recent uncoordinated protests by a plethora of disparate forces with disparate interests such as #ThisFlag, #Tajamuka, public sector workers, informal sector and […]

Filed Under: Opinion / Analysis Tagged With: Analysis, opinion

Non Violent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points

August 3, 2016

Source: Centre for Non Violent Actions and Strategies The Centre for Non Violent Strategies and Actions was conceived by Otpor activists who put an end to the Milosevic dictatorship in Serbia. This book is a primer on applying strategic nonviolent action in real campaigns. The techniques outlined in the following 15 chapters have been used successfully […]

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: activists, demos, protest

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Inspiring Quotations

"The determined efforts, and spirited focus by Zimbabweans from all paths and circles of life against authoritarianism as epitomised by #Tajamuka, #ThisFlag, churches, political parties, individuals etc just transmits a 'zing' of confidence, hope and dawn of a new dispensation from my skull nerves to my balls right to the tip of my foot. Authoritarianism and the despotic dispensation are under electrocution."
- Adolf, Kubatana subscriber in reply to our question asking what keeps people inspired during these tough times
" It was good and permissible when the flag since 1980 was carried by every Harry and Tom to Rufaro Stadium or National Sports Stadium to support Zimbabwe's national team the Warriors. It is good and permissible when the flag is carried about by women and children flocking to the airport to routinely receive the President from his many foreign travels. It is good and permissible if the flag is mutilated and redesigned on the party regalia of the country's self-acclaimed LIFE RULING SINGLE PARTY. It is now bad and not permissible when it is carried by those who demand that the sacrifices of those who lost their lives and years in the liberation struggle be respected by those in power through fighting corruption; practising good governance; public accountability by bringing to book those who are responsible for the missing $15 billion diamond revenues; fiscal austerity by cutting down on the many annual trips the President embarks on; by cutting on extravagance through avoiding the purchase of expensive Range Rovers when the govt is very broke to the point of asking for financial help from those it says are destabilising the economy and country."
- Zvakwana Taneta
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