It is a pastor with no known political credentials who has managed to galvanise the nation, calling for an end to corruption. The stay away call may be muted – with civil servants not wanting to give the authorities an excuse not to pay them – but the unprecedented scenes outside court mark a change of tone in Zimbabwean activism.
The pastor’s latest call for people to stay away from work in protest at the economic crisis went largely unheeded, with most businesses opening as normal on Wednesday.
“And our protest – non-violent, non-inciting, stay-at-home – is the best because it is within the confines of the law.