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.
Bato rinopikisa reMovement for Democratic Change, rakange radeedzera kuratidzira uku chiri chikamu chehurongwa hwekuungana richiratidzira kuti rimanikidze mutungamiriri vaEmmerson Mnangagwa kuti vabvume kuita hurumende yemubatanidzwa yekudzikamisa nekuyambutsa nyika nekuda kwezvehupfumi zviri kuramba zvichiwedzera kuwondomoka nekusimuka kwekukakavadzana nekusawirirana pane zvematongerwo.