{"id":41194,"date":"2021-05-31T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=41194"},"modified":"2021-05-31T14:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:39:20","slug":"police-stop-mdc-alliance-clean-up-exercise-in-bulawayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-stop-mdc-alliance-clean-up-exercise-in-bulawayo","title":{"rendered":"Police Stop MDC Alliance Clean-Up Exercise In Bulawayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Bulawayo Correspondent<\/b> – POLICE on Sunday dispersed and threatened with arrests, dozens of MDC Alliance supporters who were conducting a clean-up exercise in the city\u2019s Magwegwe high density suburb.<\/p>\n

Party provincial spokesperson Swethern Chirowodza told NewZimbabwe.com Sunday the clean-up campaign ended prematurely after the Officer in Charge of Magwegwe police station accused the opposition supporters of attempts to camouflage a protest with a cleaning exercise.<\/p>\n

Police threatened to use force if the cleaners did not heed their orders to disperse immediately.<\/p>\n

Chirowodza however said a similar clean-up campaign went on well in Nkulumani and Emganwini suburbs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a successful clean up in Bulawayo East. There was no incident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was only in Magwegwe that a police officer called our Tsvaira Zimbabwe programme a protest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis makes us believe that he (officer in charge) is overzealous and ignorant of what constitutes rights under the Zimbabwe Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is however not the first time police have moved to block some opposition supporters from conducting clean up programmes in the recent past.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, police arrested and detained Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of opposition Transform Zimbabwe political party and the convenor of the foiled #31JulyMovement, for allegedly conducting a clean-up campaign in Harare\u2019s Mbare suburb without first seeking police clearance.<\/p>\n

Ngarivhume was arrested together with Thabani Ncube, also of #31JulyMovement and two unidentified drivers and detained at Matapi Police Station for close to two hours.<\/p>\n

They were arrested while on a widely publicised clean-up exercise conducted in Mbare, widely seen as the most dirt ridden township in the city.<\/p>\n

Last week, police in Chivhu also stopped MDC Alliance supporters from conducting a clean-up campaign in the town.<\/p>\n

Police insisted the exercise could only take place on the first Friday of every month as proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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