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The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is mobilising Zimbabweans for a mass demonstration to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to come to the negotiating table with its leader Nelson Chamisa amidst a serious economic crisis facing the country.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition Wednesday said it will roll out protests starting this week to try to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to set up a transitional authority, even as the government warned against such action and a rights organization reported an escalation in abuses.
Zanu PF National Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda has promised to thwart Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) demonstrations that are set for August 16 saying the opposition party is prone to violent protests.
The MDC yesterday said that it would soldier on and use its constitutional right to protest and register its displeasure on the way the country’s economy is being run by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Thousands of exasperated Zimbabweans gathered Thursday in a nationwide protest over the country’s economic collapse and what the opposition calls the new government’s “cocktail of lies.” Some cheered the protesters from kilometers-long lines at gas stations that still have fuel.
Thousands of opposition supporters today gathered for a nationwide protest over the country’s economic collapse and what the MDC party calls the new government’s “cocktail of lies.”
MDC Information Department – Tomorrow (Tuesday 05 June, 2018), we are holding a Free and Fair election peace march in Harare. We are meeting at Africa Unity Square, we march to the ZEC offices and present our fully comprehensive petition that speaks to the fundamental reforms that need to be implemented before we can hold a free, fair and credible election.
From there, we, proceed to Munhumutapa building to present the same petition to the Mnangagwa administration. We will use Samora Machel Avenue.
We then march taking Second Street to Africa Unity Square where the people will be addressed by the people’s president, Advocate Nelson Chamisa.
Zimbabwean riot police in the capital Harare fired tear gas and used water cannon on Wednesday to break an opposition protest calling for fair elections next year.
By Blessings Mashaya With the country’s economy in freefall, the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has set May 28 for another massive demonstration in the former industrial hub of Bulawayo — as it seeks to tighten screws on the “clueless” governing Zanu PF party. Apparently, buoyed by the success of its first demonstration that was held in Harare […]
By Gift Phiri The MDC has announced it is planning a large-scale civilian protest on April 14. Opposition officials say this is a fulfilment of a key resolution of the MDC’s 2014 national congress that was held at the City Sports Centre in Harare, to force government to implement fundamental electoral and political reforms agreed […]