were arrested and several would be eaten by police the protests was originally organized by zimbabwe's opposition movement for democratic change or m.d.c. to accuse the government off our action and mismanaging the country's struggling economy. my 1st guest today is the youth chief for the movement for democratic change the m.d.c. all based a tony is in had a welcome to to the africa mr foley what was the purpose for today's protests. oh ok today we're deploying protest which was going to be p.c. for what you're trying to advocate for is to ensure that the country called zimbabwe goes back to a sunny we are facing a lot of challenges are there people zimbabwe there's a lot of court option unemployment but the people of zimbabwe are also facing high levels of human rights violations among other issues so we are saying it's high time that the people of zimbabwe we need to exercise our rights as enshrined under 659 of this in public consumption whereby everyone has the right to demonstrate in point to this is what exactly we had planned for and fortunately we cleared the nature in which the government is allegedly constitutionalism becaus

the u.k. and ireland for zimbabwe's opposition party the movement for democratic change or m.d.c. we had the zimbabwean government spokesman lined up for the show but he pulled out minutes before we started recording. let me start with you how worried are authorities about the prospect of more protests and how bad do you think the situation could get. based on give response a gay way they had you know a lot of police out on the streets and i salute you as the presidential guard out on the street i think it suggests that the elite well larry and they would want to . i think if it is that people haven't come out and express their consent and so they have sent out a heavy. deal that we need and the implication patricia what do you think ultimately these protests will achieve. i think that they will raise the issues that are faced in zimbabwe just to raise those issues to the popularity of zimbabwe but also to the international world i think that they were exposing their bad governance of the current government. but more importantly that there is a need for change in the country and th

the u.k. and ireland for zimbabwe's opposition party the movement for democratic change or m.d.c. we had the zimbabwean government spokesman lined up for the show but he pulled out minutes before we started recording cheap-o. let me start with you how worried are authorities about the prospect of more protests and how bad do you think the situation could get. based on good response and if you gave away they had you know a lot of police out on the streets and i just the presidential guard out on the street i think it suggests that the little mole larry and they would want us to believe i think if it is that people haven't come out and express their consent and so they have sent out a heavy. deal that we need and the implication patricia what do you think ultimately these protests will achieve. i think that they will raise the issues that are faced in zimbabwe just to raise those issues to the popularity of zimbabwe but also to the international world i think that they were exposing their bad governance of the current government. but more importantly that there is a need for change i

the m.d.c. the movement for democratic change says it will go ahead with protests in other cities next week. the latest for us from harare. leaders in the opposition had gone to court to try to overturn the police bad word about the judge saying that there was no case that people had to wait he started assembling here at this park in the city had ready to blow torch through when the ripening started lobby of the eve of the evening riot police in the stands and on my group they will be going out and i mean here is one of them. when he was beaten in the protests this emerged look at its verdict. really just standing doing nothing what you waited for him to come but of which would do well to the ship for want of a corner saying little is own will do for treason would it not be no nothing to break into 0 you've been beaten they want to poke your creates a cold war you wonder what's going to be silly some of the kids. think the problem is the problem riddled during an approval rating it's just one for the american people who are already folding rhododendron 5 police jury and the president of the