Tajamuka barricades Bulawayo roads

A GROUP of Tajamuka/Sesijikile activists held a mini-protest in Bulawayo on Thursday afternoon, using boulders to barricade the main road leading into the city centre along Stanley Square in Makokoba.

According to Newsday, the mini-protest, which lasted about 30 minutes, forced traffic using the route to divert from the one-way road that leads into the city centre. They later disappeared into Makokoba high-density suburb before anti-riot police arrived. Anti-riot police only found boulders and burning tyres, but their mere presence saw onlookers scurrying in all directions in fear of being caught in the melee.

The youths - singing anti-government songs and also burning tyres - were wearing Tajamuka/Sesijikile T-shirts inscribed "Mugabe Must Go".

The youths also forced the abrupt stoppage of a food distribution programme to the elderly by Zanu PF members, which was taking place at Stanley Hall, as those in charge apparently got scared of being caught in the protest.

Residents, passers-by and vendors watched from a distance as the youths went about expressing their anger against the ruling party.