Mujuru, Tsvangirai Police Attacked Again
27 August 2016
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Staff Reporter | Morgan Tsvangirai, Joice Mujuru and Tendai Biti, have survived a second round of police threats and raids, on themselves and their supporters.
They were yesterday forced to flee for cover after overzealous riot police threw tear gas at them, at the venue of the of the planned NERA march.

The leaders fled the rally in their cars while protesters ran for cover as police firing tear gas and water cannons broke-up the core of the demonstration.
ZimEye, Saturday, followed up on the opposition leaders, who are all recovering in their homes. Zimbabwe People First leader, Mujuru’s spokesperson said; “She did not seek medical attention for the tear smoke, she chose to take it in her stride like many of the cadres who were senselessly teargassed by the police even though we had a court order allowing us to congregate at the venue before marching to handover our petition to ZEC.”
While Tsvangirai’s spokesman Luke Tamborenyoka said, his boss was; ” A bit exasperated but he is ok.”
While sources close to Peoples Democratic Party leader, Tendai Biti say even though he inhaled the tear gas, he is fine.
“She did not flee, she made a strategic retreat like all those who had gathered at Freedom Square and for more than three hours, she was by one of the gates to the Zimbabwe Agricultural show grounds at Glamis Arena, barely 10 metres away from the bellowing tear smoke,” said Mujuru’s spokesperson.
Clashes then spread through the streets of Harare as riot police fought running battles with protesters who hurled rocks at officers, set tyres ablaze and burned a popular market to the ground, in some of the worst unrest since food riots in 1998.
“Mugabe’s rule must end now, that old man has failed us,” said one protester before throwing a rock at a taxi.
Mugabe’s opponents have become emboldened by rising public anger and protests over an economic meltdown, cash shortages and high unemployment. Mugabe, 92, has led Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980.
More than a hundred police officers in riot gear, backed up by water cannons and armoured trucks, occupied the venue that opposition parties planned to use for their demonstration.
As opposition supporters arrived for the march, they were told by the police to leave. The officers then fired teargas and a water cannon when parts of the crowd refused to comply.
Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba said she was still to get details on Friday’s protest.
“Demonstrating is the only solution left to force the dictator out of office,” said Tapfuma Make, an unemployed 24-year-old from Chitungwiza town, south of the capital Harare.
POLICE DEFY COURT
High Court earlier ruled that police should allow the protest to proceed between 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.in what Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) called a “victory for democracy”.
MDC-T secretary general and lawyer Douglas Mwonzora told journalists yesterday, the police had disregarded the court order and accused ZANU-PF youths of infiltrating the crowd to disrupt the protest.
Opposition parties leading the protests say the electoral commission is biased in favour of the ruling ZANU-PF and is run by security agencies loyal to Mugabe, charges the commission denies.
The protesters want the next vote in 2018 to be supervised by international observers, including the United Nations. They are also calling for Mugabe to fire corrupt ministers, scrap plans to introduce local bank notes and end cash shortages.
The latest demonstrations come nearly two months after the biggest large scale ‘stay at home’ strike in Zimbabwe since 2007, inspired by social media movements such as #ThisFlag led by pastor Evan Mawarire.
Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo on Thursday called opposition leaders “foreign agents” using protests to cause chaos in order to justify international intervention in Zimbabwe’s affairs.
Police used teargas and a water cannon on Wednesday to break-up a march by MDC-T youth supporters who were protesting over economic mismanagement and what they say is brutality by security agencies.

3 Replies to “Mujuru, Tsvangirai Police Attacked Again”

  1. So what then happens given that the police who are supposed uphold & maintain the law have themselves broken the key tenet that gives power to their own existence. My question is what happens if a whole wing of government disregards the Constitution?. How do we go from here?

  2. Chombo ko ungati chiyiko? Handiti nguva iya yave pedo . Ukafunga hupfumi whawa kawana ne corruption kuti wavepedo nekutorwa iwe uchikandwa muchitorongo handiti uno kungura kuti dai mavets nevanhu vese in general vaparara. Ndokuirasa kwe vanhu vano rembedza twu machende vofunga kuti ndo vasviri vembiri uye ndo vane mari yese. Wamama chombo we ka mboyo,

  3. The zpuf common criminals shivering trembling shaking quaking in zpuff boots, shots cared of rough mob justice immminent

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