Zimbabweans free to complain about demo ban, says ZRP

AGGRIEVED citizens who feel hard done by the proposed one-month demonstration ban within Harare Central Business District are free to lodge complaints at   Harare Central police station, police have said.

The ban is with effect from  September 15 to October 16.

This is contained in the Notice of Proposed Prohibition Order issued on Monday by  the regulating authority of the area, Officer Commanding Harare Central District Chief Superintendent Newbert Saunyama

"Notice of Proposed Prohibition Order
Notice to interested parties of proposed prohibition order

NOTICE is hereby given to all interested parties of the prohibition order sought to be made under section 21 of the Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11:17] in the terms specified in paragraph 3 below that is proposed to take effect from the l6th September, 2016 and to expire on the 15th October, 2016.

Interested parties are invited to make any representations they may wish to make on the proposed order to the Regulating Authority of the Harare Central Police District addressed in writing to the Regulating Authority, c/o Zimbabwe Republic Police, Harare Central Police Station, corner lnez Terrace and Kenneth Kaunda Road (P.O. Box CY 154, Causeway), Harare".

Police  also banned the carrying of catapults and axes among other traditional weapons likely to be used to instigate violence.