Chaos to engulf Harare today

Chaos could once again engulf Harare today as pro-democracy groups mount yet another demonstration in the capital, to protest the country's deepening political and economic crisis, as well as the government's reluctance to implement much needed electoral reforms ahead of the eagerly anticipated 2018 polls.

And most ominously for the capital's residents and visitors alike, panicking authorities have already given notice that the planned mass protest will once again be dealt with severely by law enforcement agents as police had not cleared demo.

Meanwhile, the government has threatened to crush today's planned "grand" demonstration over the introduction of bond notes, but Tajamuka/Sesijikile and other organisers have vowed to fight back, vowing no amount of violence will stop them.

Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday said people should embrace bond notes, as they were already in circulation and stop what he termed grandstanding. But the protest organisers vowed to go ahead and resist the police's heavy-handedness.

MDC-T youth leader, Happymore Chidziva, under the #MyZimbabwe campaign, justified the demonstration, which comes after the introduction of #bondnotes, saying they had to fight "this economic genocide."