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Zimbabwe opposition VP Tendai Biti released on bail after assault charge
Tendai Biti, 53, was freed on $10,000 bail after a night behind bars, after having been charged with assault.
MDC Alliance treasurer general Senator David Coltart says he is concerned by the silence by South Africa and SADC.
Joanna Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri claim they were abducted by police at an MDC party protest in Harare on Wednesday.
Water cannons and truckloads of riot police were patrolling the city’s CBD, as MDC leader Nelson Chamisa prepared to deliver a much-anticipated speech at his party’s headquarters.
Amos Chibaya was taken into custody last week and is on trial for a charge linked to violent protests in January.
The MDC, which accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government of repression and economic mismanagement, called a demonstration last Friday as the start of a nationwide protest movement but it was banned by the police.
The Mnangagwa regime's coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
It was the second protest march police have banned in less than a week under what the MDC is calling its Free Zimbabwe Campaign.
Leader Nelson Chamisa said the party would be introducing term limits for all of its officials, including local government councillors and MPs.
Oliver Matthews says the shaming of Nelson Chamisa’s rape accuser shows that dirty politics in Zimbabwe is not confined to Zanu-PF.
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced the new tax on Monday. It’s one of several measures he says will be used to stabilise the economy.
Violence erupted last week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-PF party won the national election.
Mnangagwa secured a comfortable victory, polling 2.46 million votes against 2.15 million for 40-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.
The election is a two-horse race between 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, and 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa.
Zimbabweans heads to the polls on Monday in what has been described as tightest contest for the presidency between the ruling Zanu-PF and its long-standing rival the MDC.
Zimbabweans head to the polls on Monday in what will be the first general election since the removal of president Robert Mugabe.
The MDC and its alliance partners are angry over the quality of the voters roll and want to be allowed to witness the printing of ballot papers for this month’s election.
The peace pledge states that parties should campaign peacefully, uphold freedom of expression and not spread hate speech and violence.
Tsvangirai died on 14 February, aged 65, after a long battle with cancer and is due to be buried on Tuesday in his rural home of Buhera.