shutdown Archives - #Shutdown Zim2016

Dozens set free in spectacular collapse of case against residents targeted over #ShutDownZim 2016 protests as court acquits Chegutu quartet charged over road blockade

March 7, 2017

Bulawayo residents, juveniles triumph as NPA withdraws public violence charges over #ShutDownZim2016 protests

October 10, 2016

Spectacular end to persecution of citizens as state withdraws charges against Bulawayo residents targeted over #ShutDownZim2016

October 3, 2016

Civic groups blame shut down flop to state intimidation

September 1, 2016

Zimbabwe marred by unrest, businesses call for end to protests

September 1, 2016

7 arrested as shutdown flops

September 1, 2016

Zimbabweans ignore shut-down call, cite survival concerns

August 31, 2016

Tajamuka vows to go ahead with shutdown

August 30, 2016

Mugabe will be gone by December: #Tajamuka

August 30, 2016

Tajamuka calls for mass stay away to press Mugabe to step down

August 29, 2016

"The determined efforts, and spirited focus by Zimbabweans from all paths and circles of life against authoritarianism as epitomised by #Tajamuka, #ThisFlag, churches, political parties, individuals etc just transmits a 'zing' of confidence, hope and dawn of a new dispensation from my skull nerves to my balls right to the tip of my foot. Authoritarianism and the despotic dispensation are under electrocution."
- Adolf, Kubatana subscriber in reply to our question asking what keeps people inspired during these tough times

" It was good and permissible when the flag since 1980 was carried by every Harry and Tom to Rufaro Stadium or National Sports Stadium to support Zimbabwe's national team the Warriors. It is good and permissible when the flag is carried about by women and children flocking to the airport to routinely receive the President from his many foreign travels. It is good and permissible if the flag is mutilated and redesigned on the party regalia of the country's self-acclaimed LIFE RULING SINGLE PARTY. It is now bad and not permissible when it is carried by those who demand that the sacrifices of those who lost their lives and years in the liberation struggle be respected by those in power through fighting corruption; practising good governance; public accountability by bringing to book those who are responsible for the missing $15 billion diamond revenues; fiscal austerity by cutting down on the many annual trips the President embarks on; by cutting on extravagance through avoiding the purchase of expensive Range Rovers when the govt is very broke to the point of asking for financial help from those it says are destabilising the economy and country."
- Zvakwana Taneta