Photos of Pastor Evan Mawarire and Acie Lumumba |
On 7 July 2016 Zimbabwe's POTRAZ issued statements of warning to citizens
“Any person caught in possession of, generating, sharing or passing on abusive, threatening, subversive or offensive telecommunication messages, including WhatsApp or any other social media messages will be persecuted, i mean prosecuted and banned to use all internet services entirely”
Zimbabwe is fighting to stop public outrage over economic mismanagement, alleged police heavy handedness and delayed salaries for civil servants. Public workers and other citizens called for job actions, stayaways and protests on Wednesday and Thursday via WhatsApp and other social messaging platforms. Zimbabwe was too late when social network was removed from zimbabwe internet, the protest was a success.