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.
Ishyaka ritavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi, Umuryango uharanira demokarasi riharanira demokarasi, ryari ryise imyigaragambyo mu rwego rwo gutegura imyigaragambyo yo guhatira perezida Emmerson Mnangagwa kwemeranya na guverinoma y’inzibacyuho mu gihe ubukungu bwifashe nabi ndetse n’ubushyamirane bukabije bwa politiki.