The activists had an extra day in custody due to the police homicide department refusing to accept the case and process the activists for court. The excuse – WOZA can only be dealt with by the notorious Law and Order department! Police in this unit are plain clothed intelligence officers who target opposition voices in Zimbabwe.
Officers in this department have pursued WOZA and its leaders on political orders as if WOZA is a public enemy rather than a women's movement peacefully fighting for social justice.
These are just some of the reasons one of the messages painted on the roads reads 'Fire Chihuri' – he is the police commissioner appointed by the President and leads a partisan police force.
Judge for yourself but send us your views or questions regarding this! To help you here are the messages reflected in the police docket put in court papers. The police are accusing the ladies of writing the following messages on the main roads:
Sibongile Lumbile accused of writing 'DEVOLUTION'. Catherine, Violet and Vigilant accused of writing 'DEVOLUTION OF POWER' Mpikelelo, Eunice and Teresia accused of writing 'NO TO DEATH PENALTY' Miriam and Ottilia accused of writing 'No to snap elections and Go and register to vote'
WOZA would like to also acknowledge the hundreds of members who participated in the Monday write-in of messages all over the western suburbs of Bulawayo and Harare. These are some of their messages they wrote: Free + safe streets/ Freedom of peaceful protest/ We want Separation of powers/ Gender equality /Free primary school education/ Devolution for development /No to death penalty /Women demand equal pay/ Women demand Protection from violence/ Informal trade + licenses/ Young President 2 terms/ Fire Chihuri/ Fire AG Tomana /Fire Mudede /Referendum first /Boycott snap election/ Resources for development /Remove militia /Refugees in our own country
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