However, anti-Mugabe leaders warned that this would be the first of a series of protests. Mugabe's opponents have become emboldened by rising public anger and protests over an economic meltdown, cash shortages and high unemployment. "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. The officers then fired teargas and a water cannon when parts of the crowd refused to comply. Police defy court"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 Harare.

Source: The Star August 26, 2016 15:33 UTC