After sabotaging Grace and Mphoko's businesses, Tajamuka seek to exhibit their activities at the Harare Show

Published date22 August 2016
Publication titleNew Zimbabwe

PROTEST group, #Tajamuka (we refuse and we have had enough), have applied to the Zimbabwe Agriculture Society (ZAS) seeking permission and a stand to exhibit their activities at this year's Harare Agricultural Show to educate people on their rights in the face of graft and human rights abuses.

This year's show will run from the 22nd to the 27th of August.

Tajamuka have been holding a series of protests calling on government to be accountable and stop corruption and for Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko to vacate a five star hotel where he has been staying for more than a year. The protest movement has also engaged in a number of campaigns to sabotage businesses owned by the ruling elite especially those belonging to Grace Mugabe and Mphoko.

In their application letter signed by the group's coordinator, controversial actor and producer Silvanos Mudzvova, Tajamuka said a stand at the ZAS's annual event would help them to educate Zimbabweans about their activities.

'The campaign has ten rallying points that formulate action points in addressing political, social and economic maladministration,' reads part of the letter.

'The ten rallying points revolve around issues of corruption, archaic monetary policies, restrictive import policies, deteriorating social service delivery, incapacity of the Head of State Mr Robert Mugabe to superintend over the affairs of the nation, respect for the constitutional provisions and human rights and...

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