Members of the ZRP last week beat up and arrested several members of the Bulawayo-based organisation who were protesting against state-controlled power utility firm ZESA. But Williams told The Zimbabwean that this would only give them an added impetus to do more protests.
I am still fresh from that beating by the police, who have lost all respect for humanity and African values, but this will not stop us from holding peaceful protests against our denial of social services, said Williams.
We will continue to mobilise the grassroots and make sure that the voice of the ordinary Zimbabwean is heard, because things are not as rosy as politicians want us to believe.
Williams also accused the Zanu (PF) side of government of causing shortages of some basic commodities, which she says has been worsening since President Robert Mugabes party entered election mode last year.
Goods are running out and it is not clear whether it is scared businessmen, who do not want to re-stock in face of political uncertainty or government is forcing the artificial shortage so that Zanu (PF) will use food as its campaign tool again, she added.
The prices have also begun to rise in some commodities and we might soon return to the 2008 situation, where everything was very expensive and beyond the reach of many people. The false stabilization is fast ebbing away and money is now also hard to find in Zimbabwe. Ordinary Zimbabweans are finding it very difficult to make ends meet once again and this is what we will always protest against.
She said Zimbabweans were now tired of the long wait to total freedom, adding that most felt betrayed by the constitution-making process, which has of late been punctuated by a lot of bickering by politicians and total chaos.
We will, however, continue with our ongoing efforts to provide civic education, where we are still busy mobilising Zimbabweans to exercise their basic rights using non-violent strategies, she said.
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