Zimbabwe deploys security forces over banned march

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'This is like Rhodesia. This is primitive,' Mbuso Fuzwayo of the rights pressure group Ibhetshu Likazulu said.

Police officers conduct searches on a man on as they patrol near Tredgold Magistrates courts on August 19, 2019, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Picture: Zinyange Auntony / AFP

Using loudhailers, police warned people against joining the demonstration, which was called to protest deteriorating economic conditions.The authorities banned the protests, organised by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change , after police routed protesters who had defied a similar order in Harare on Friday.

“There is no doubt that the violence witnessed in January will be repeated if the demonstrations were to be allowed,” said magistrate Tinashe Tashaya. “They don’t have confidence in themselves. This is like Rhodesia. This is primitive,” he said, referring to the era when the country was under British colonial rule.

 

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