Comments on: Three days of protest outside the Zimbabwe Embassy, London – 17-19 April

By: Tendai Mazhindu

Tendai Mazhindu — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:21:35 +0000

Hello makadini,i would like to know if ther is anything i can do to support my fellow zimbabweans, here in north wales there arent many of us and i have been away from home since 1999.It breaks my heart not being able to do anything.Im glad you gus are there and now we can share our problems together.Tinofanira kubatana nguva dzino,zvinonirwazda chaizvo zvirikuitwa ku nyika yedu.Kana kuine vamwe vanosvika kuno kwatiri mungandizivise here.Ndiri kutsvaga mwana wa sekuru George Chinengunu Fungai, we last saw each other in 1994 in Gleenale.hang in there ana bhudi nana sisi.You are in my thoughts i dont pray anymore cause there is really nothing up there is there.keep in touch. .

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By: Holden Skinner

Holden Skinner — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:17:15 +0000

Interested in protest outside the embassy in DC as well, is there a group planning on doing this?

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By: Sokwanele

Sokwanele — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:59:21 +0000

Thanks for the news Boomerang. We can be emailed at info[a]sokwanele.com. Or via the contact form on our main website

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By: London Zimbabwe

London Zimbabwe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:55:51 +0000

We will be outside the Zimbabwe high commission in force all weekend. We are also planning protests outside the SA high commission. We may not be with you in Zimbabwe but we have not forgotten.

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By: BOOMERANG

BOOMERANG — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:20:51 +0000

TRYING TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE BUT CANNOT FIND CONTACT ADDRESS BUT YOU MANAGED TO GET ONTO BBC 10 OCLOCK NEWS LAST NIGHT SO YOUR WEBSITE IS GETTING KNOWN MORE IN THE UK NOW SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO READ FIRST HAND WHAT HARD WORK YOU ARE TRYING TO DO FOR ZIMBABWE AND READ THE HORRORS

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By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:15:09 +0000

There is a term called “quite insubordination” which can be effective in Zimbabwe because it’s very difficult for authorities to proove. In a similar context I would suggest that Zimbabweans should simply find a queue and stand in it all day. When that one fizzles out, find another. There’s plenty to go around - bread, cooking oil, maize-meal, fuel, money, clinics etc. If you’re going to pay a bill, take a long time at the payment desk, ask questions, play it dumb and spin the process out. Make things go slow. If you stay at home, the police will simply go door to door, and if you loiter around the streets you’re asking for trouble. They would probably do it, but the police dispersing a food queue or emptying a clinic will be another black mark against the regime internationally. Despite beliefs to the contrary the international community is counting up those black marks. I believe that the ZANU is going to be hurt most through their pocket. They cannot indefinitely finance extra activities.

Queues are one suggestion off the top of the head - and they’re legitimate.I guess others can come up with other similar ideas.

I fully appreciate the reluctance many will have in losing pay, and for that I have no consolation other than such losses need not be long term. If nothing is done, the sufferings that currently manifest will worsen, become protracted and the populace will sink so low into poverty that they will be unable to extricate themselves, and will be prisoners of their own dejection.

Of special note was the recent WOZA ‘SSS’ demo in Bulawayo - Small, Short and Sharp, so that by the time the police mobilized, everyone had dispersed. The police failed, and that will undoubtedly make them a laughing stock. More importantly it showed the police not to be omnipotent and they were clearly not on the ball.If this demo had in place another ready to kick off by the time the police arrived at the first disbanded one, you could organize quite a merry dance for ZRP.

Forget mass protests, unless you’re going to go for it in such a big way as to flood the police cells or over-whelm the forces of the authorities by sheer weight of numbers.

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By: Regis

Regis — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:44:16 +0000

We need to come in full force,these guys are completely wankers,time has come i will never ever forgive Mugabe and his people,vakomana ngatibatanei,nguva yakwana,these guys are just bastards.

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