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Mugabe’s Zanu-PF blames Western Embassies for protests

Source: Bloomberg News http://mgafrica.com/article/2016-07-07-mugabes-zanu-pf-blames-western-embassies-for-protests/ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party accused western embassies of sponsoring Wednesday’s strike by civil servants over the government’s failure to pay salaries on time. “We know they are being sponsored by the western embassies and some failed political parties,” Ignatius Chombo, secretary for administration in the ruling Zimbabwe African National […]

Organizers of Mass Protest Say Zimbabwe Stay Away A Huge Success

Source: VOA Zimbabwe http://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/organizers-of-mass-protest-say-stay-away-a-huge-success/3406894.html Pastor Evan Mawarire of#ThisFlag movement and youth calling themselves Tajamuka-Sesijikile say the national protest was a huge success. Pastor Mawarire warned that the protest would be intensified if the government does not address several issues, including the payment of civil servants’ June salaries, arrest of corrupt ministers and the abandonment of […]

#ShutDown2016 Aftermath: ZLHR secures release of juveniles and residents

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights An intervention by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has begun yielding results after court officials on Thursday 07 July 2016 released some juveniles and residents who had been arrested during a countrywide work boycott held on Wednesday 06 July 2016. In Matabeleland North province, Victoria Falls Magistrate Lindiwe Maphosa on Thursday 07 […]

Mugabe’s Zanu-PF blames Western Embassies for protests

Source: Bloomberg News http://mgafrica.com/article/2016-07-07-mugabes-zanu-pf-blames-western-embassies-for-protests/ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party accused western embassies of sponsoring Wednesday’s strike by civil servants over the government’s failure to pay salaries on time. “We know they are being sponsored by the western embassies and some failed political parties,” Ignatius Chombo, secretary for administration in the ruling Zimbabwe African National […]

Were you involved in the Zimbabwe shutdown? The Guardian wants to hear from you

Source: Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/07/shut-down-zimbabwe-we-want-to-hear-from-you-zimshutdown2016-thisflag As the #ThisFlag movement gathers momentum, we’re asking whether this is a turning point for the country’s politics Zimbabweans stayed away from work yesterday as part of a mass protest against endemic corruption at the hands of Robert Mugabe’s government. The protest, known #ZimShutDown2016, was coordinated by the #ThisFlag movement which has […]

Lawyers deployed throughout the country over #ShutDownZim

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has deployed its lawyers throughout the country to offer emergency legal services to at least 163 people who were arrested on Wednesday 6 July 2016, during the countrywide stay-away, dubbed #ShutDownZimbabwe. In Bulawayo, ZLHR is attending to approximately 86 people, who are currently detained at Mzilikazi […]

The rise of organic protest, opportunism and the private press – #ShutDownZim

Source: Lenin Tinashe Chisaira http://cdetinashe.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-rise-of-organic-protest-opportunism.html The first week of July 2016 has started on a fiery note. Harare, Beitbridge and Bulawayo have been burning. Questions have been asked about the faces of the people or individuals behind the general July people’s protests and the 6 July stay away. Some sectors of the society, for their […]