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Riot police were deployed to block an opposition protest for the third time in five days in the central city of Gweru, where police were patrolling in trucks and cordoned off a university.

The opposition MDC which called the rallies has described the move as uncalled for. MDC presidential spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda speaks to the SABC.

Speaking on the #SABC political commentator Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a very deceptive character. Dr Ruhanya unpacks the crisis in Zimbabwe and concludes that Mnangagwa has not come with a “New Dispensation” but a “New Deception”.

Nelson Chamisa press conference after police brutalise protesters in #Zimbabwe

Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Vice Chairman Job Sikhala makes an impassioned plea for Zimbabweans to join protests.

Noah Manyika: “We have a constitutional right to demand corruption-free, competent and accountable government, and to express those demands in protest. The fact that there may be people who abuse any of these rights must never be used as an excuse to deny the citizens those rights.

Nqobizitha Mlilo on eNCA unpacks justification for MDC protests in ‘vampire state’

#Tajamuka protests set to spread to rural areas in Zimbabwe. Video by #Chat263

MDC calls for demonstrations against the continued economic decline in Zimbabwe in Gweru on Saturday, 13 August, 2016

An unemployed graduate speaks out during #ThisGown protest in central Harare on the 3rd of August 2016. The demonstrators wanted President Robert Mugabe to honour a 2013 election promise to create 2,2 million jobs.

Zanu PF national youth commissar, Innocent Hamandishe threatened to violently crush #ThisFlag protests, which he said were meant to embarrass and force President Robert Mugabe to step down. Video by #Chat263