via allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Civil Society to Take On Mugabe On the Streets
CIVIC society group, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, says it will soon take to the streets to demand that President Robert Mugabe’s government puts an end to the current economic crisis.
The coalition’s spokesperson, Mfundo Mlilo, said they will not watch people continue to suffer while the government pretends that all is well.
Mlilo said the solution to the current crisis facing the nation rests with Zimbabweans themselves who should demand an end to their suffering.
He said the group had already begun mobilising Zimbabweans to take on Mugabe’s government on the streets.
“We are finalising our preparations of mobilising all like-minded organisations like the Combined Harare Residents Association, Bulawayo Progressive Association and several community-based organisations and stage campaigns like the Save Zimbabwe Campaign that we used to stage in yester-years,” Mlilo said.
“People are suffering. They are being forced out of their jobs. They do not have food on their tables and water is not coming out of their taps and these are the problems and issues which we are confident that they will motivate them to mobilise and demonstrate.”
The threat to embark on demonstrations comes two weeks after the main opposition MDC-T youth wing also threatened to take to the streets to force the government to fulfil its election promise of creating 2.2 million jobs.
Zimbabwe is going through a fresh debilitating economic crisis critics blame on mismanagement by Mugabe’s government. The crisis has seen a surge in the number of companies being forced to close shop.
An economist in Harare, Vincent Musewe, told NewZimbabwe.com that the economy is now in the doldrums.
“Our industries are not performing instead we are having thousands being offloaded every day. The few remaining companies are failing to pay workers in time.
“Our banks do not have cash because people are not saving. They are surviving from hand to mouth. These are the signs of a failing economy,” he said.
Mugabe last week said Zimbabwe’s economy was now on the rebound following the adoption of the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset).
But in a clear illustration of the confusion in government Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa admitted this week that the economy was in deep trouble.
He blamed the adoption of the multi-currency regime in 2009 for Zimbabwe’s current woes.
COMMENTS
Good Luck I think you’ll need it
to late you should have done it years ago.
Can’t see this happening as most Zimbabweans would rather continue under the ongoing suffering than confront the regime as simply don’t have the courage to liberate themselves. Even though we have been abandoned by the so-called leadership at least the young people of the 60’s & 70’s had the courage to do something about their plight which wasn’t even as bad as the current situation.
ko iwe?? une courage??
I think this is the best first step towards democracy and it should go on and on until our ambition is fulfilled
munotidashurirwa apoo haiwawo Bob agokuregai muchiita zvekutamba izvozvo mû Zimbabwe yake kkkkkk
It is a simple basic right to identify the problem and remonstrate.However,if one is wrong and they are not protested against,you can’t blame them for cumulatively believing that they are paternalistic to their ever tardy and meek subjects.Who are always in silent tacit alike,no-matter what thorn environment they are subjected to.Suffice by some to countenance some of the west’s erstwhile enemies with Mugabe’s regime giving-in somehow to the status quo.The propounded idea on the above article is a basic right,worthy any price to attain if need be.Rise-up people,rationale is on our side.
100% right nice timing when is this SADC Dictators Club – hope it will coincide with this
Mugabe is a coward as demonstrated by Hunzvi, who managed to get pensions for the ex-fighters. If he feels threatened he will give in ,but watch out ,if you give hims chance to regroup, he will come back with a vengeance .
Good luck.
To be fore-warned means to be fore-armed….tell them what you plan doing and do not blame them when they receive you with teargas and button stick, if you are lucky coz these days the old woman is baying for human blood.
Taneta nemaorganizations which only threaten to take action year after year and nothing of substance occurs. Tahir Square gatherings was never announced years before it occurred.
35 years overdue. Sadly zimbos have not yet suffered enough to take to mob justice yet
Good luck. Amagwala! Bloody cowards! Ne??
Well done civil society. This is the only way that change will come. I think even the military and police might join – certainly government office workers will
These demonstrations have to be done in victoria falls during the SADC heads of state meeting. These SADC leaders need to be reminded that they endorsed a stollen election. So we as zimbabweans in our numbers we have to enlight them on our plight that things are not well for us