The opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, had called the protest as part of a planned series of demonstrations to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to a transitional government amid a rapidly deteriorating economy and rising political tensions. 
A chipani chotsutsa a Movement for Democratic Change anaitanitsa zionetserozo ngati njira yowakakamiza a Emmerson Mnangagwa, mtsogoleri wa dzikolo kuti avomere  kusintha  boma pakati pa mavuto a zachuma ndi kusagwilizana mu ndale.