Source: NewsDay
13:00
Reports indicate that around 1 pm, police, armed with teargas, water cannons, baton sticks and guns, descended on the peaceful protesters, throwing teargas and causing chaos in the city centre in a bid to stop marchers from advancing to Parliament building.
"Just quit and go l'll forgive you" – Protestors sign #NoToBondnotes @MagambaTV @263Chat @KalabashMedia pic.twitter.com/I802V3pprZ
— Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) August 3, 2016
Water canon trucks,tear gas pple running ! Again Violation of Constitutional rights #NoToBondNotes #ThisFlag 🇿🇼🚶🏾📱 pic.twitter.com/ROwo0zPqzD
— Gilbert.Navonika (@GNavonika) August 3, 2016
#zimbabwe anti-gvt protest. We heard the order, "Take out the cameras" then riot police chase after protesters, everyone runs #harare
— harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa) August 3, 2016
12:15
The hundreds of demonstrators have thronged the ministry of legal affairs offices to submit a petition against bond notes. Next, they move to parliament building to submit a petition on unemployment.
@NewsDayZimbabwe pic.twitter.com/sCPfmWfrMc
— Concerned Citizen (@Muzimba1980) August 3, 2016
11:00Â Listen to the Audio. A protester speaks why she is in the street
Today’s protests come at a time when civil frustration is rising over government’s mismanagement of the economy, corruption, among many other failures of the Zanu PF administration.
10:30 Carrying the  Zimbabwe Flag, which has become a symbol of peaceful civic action, the majority of the demonstrators are singing Ishe Komborera Africa, a song that is associated with revolution and emancipation from oppression.
Meanwhile, anti-riot police officers have been deployed at various corners of the city centre ostensibly to intimidate the protesters and crush the civic action after President Robert Mugabe’s  recent public pronouncements that police were supposed to descend on any protesters.
But in a feat of defiance, which has become the  new form of civic action, the protesters are cheerfully singing as they gather around.
Source: NewsDay