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National shutdown architect speaks out

Source: The Zimbabwe Independent http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2016/07/08/national-shutdown-architect-speaks/ Unheralded pastor Evan Mawarire (EM) — author, motivational speaker, marriage counsellor and former child president, who started the #ThisFlag movement, which aims at encouraging ordinary Zimbabweans to participate in national-building — has been in the news after calling for Wednesday’s shutdown which was hugely successful. The Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) news […]

Zimbabwe reaches tipping point

Source: CNBC Africa http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/southern-africa/2016/07/08/zimbabwe-tipping-point-harare-as-country-faces-unprecedented-revolt/ President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF came face-to-face with history on Wednesday, July 6, as unprecedented direct action against the government threatened to tip the country into a protracted state of unrest and instability. The direct actions included protests, a major strike as part of a nationwide stayaway, and the […]

Spectacular end to persecution of residents targeted over #ShutdownZim2016

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Zvishavane  Magistrate Peter Madhibha on Friday 08 July 2016 set free six men who were arrested this week and charged with conspiracy to cause malicious damage to property and conspiracy to cause public violence for allegedly participating in an anti-government protest. Magistrate Madhibha set the six men free after their lawyers from ZLHR, […]

Panicked Zimbabwe caught with pants down as fear tactics fail to deter resistance

Source: Mail & Guardian http://mg.co.za/article/2016-07-08-00-fearful-zim-caught-with-pants-down The government appears to be in a state of panic as unrest spreads across the beleagured country. Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF this week officially dismissed violent protests as failed attempts by opposition parties at regime change, but behind closed doors the party – and the government – appeared to be verging […]

Uneasy calm prevails in Zimbabwe after violent clashes

Source: BDLive http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2016/07/08/uneasy-calm-prevails-in-zimbabwe-after-violent-clashes AN UNEASY calm prevails in Zimbabwe, as citizens and businesses try to pick up the pieces two days after a shutdown on Wednesday led to violent clashes between police and youths in the capital Harare and Bulawayo, the second largest city. The government has moved to “clarify” the imports ban, which sparked […]

R2K urges SA to break silence on Zimbabwe rights crisis

Source: Times Live http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2016/07/08/R2K-urges-SA-to-break-silence-on-Zimbabwe-rights-crisis The Right2Know (R2K) Campaign has called on International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to condemn police brutality and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. The call was made in an open letter to Nkoana-Mashabane on Friday which also voiced “deep concern” over police arresting journalists‚ the alleged extortion of motorists and […]

Brace for more protests, Mugabe told

Source: NewsDay https://www.newsday.co.zw/2016/07/08/brace-protests-mugabe-told/ Buoyed by the support from millions of Zimbabweans who heeded Wednesday’s anti-government protests, civic society groups yesterday threatened to roll out more demonstrations to push out President Robert Mugabe’s regime and pave way for fresh elections. The Wednesday protests — co-ordinated by #ThisFlag and supported by Tajamuka/Sesijikile, Occupy Africa Unity Square and […]

In Zimbabwe, a strange black market where the American dollar trades against itself

Source: Bloomberg News http://mgafrica.com/article/2016-06-08-in-zimbabwe-a-strange-black-market-where-the-dollar-trades-against-itself In Zimbabwe—the country that once suffered 500 billion percent inflation—one dollar may now cost you as much as $1.07. A shortage of banknotes is resulting in a new black market more than seven years after Zimbabwe abolished its own money, the Zimbabwean dollar, and adopted the greenback and other foreign currencies to avoid […]

Zanu-PF tried to destroy Zimbabwe. Now we are fighting back. – Evan Mawarire

Source: Evan Mawarire in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/08/zanu-pf-zimbabwe-fighting-back-thisflag 6 July 2016 marked a turning point in the history of Zimbabwe. The citizens of an angry nation staged a mass stay-away, with most businesses in the capital, Harare, closed, in protest at the government’s utter failure to deal with the rampant corruption, injustice and poverty that have […]

Zimbabwean activists threaten second stay-away

https://www.enca.com/africa/zimbabwean-activists-threatening-second-stay-away Organisers of a general strike against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe pledged on Thursday to continue action until he falls, as a spontaneous social media movement has coalesced into the biggest uprising against his rule in nearly a decade. Zimbabweans have been using the Internet in recent weeks to mobilise for street protests against Mugabe’s […]