By Jane Mlambo| South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has appealed to comedian Trevor Noah to highlight the Zimbabwean human rights abuses to the global community.

Writing on Twitter, Maimane said, “Eita @Trevornoah can we find a way to bring global attention to the human rights abuses in Africa. The attacks on black lives in our neighborhood which need global solidarity. A burning topic right now is the arrests of journalists and activists in Zimbabwe #ZimbabweanLivesMatter.”

The Zimbabwean human rights crisis continues unabated with more than 60 activists arrested in the run-up to the failed 31 July anti-corruption demonstration.