A pro-ZANU PF Youth group, Youth Against Violence has urged the government to use all means necessary and unnecessary to block the planned opposition MDC demo which it says is bound to be chaotic.
The group says that the government has to take preemptive measures to prevent violence in the country.
Youth Against Violence spokesperson, Taurai Gakanje Kandishaya told the media on Thursday that they had already communicated with the president. He said:
<blockquote>We have called upon the president and the government to use whatever they have at their disposal to make sure they bring back to life, law and order so that we attain our peace for development.
The reason we are castigating the pending demonstration, precedence of January 2019 is what we are following here.</blockquote>
Gakanje added that the group has no issue with peaceful demonstration but it believes that the MDC was organising a violent protest.
A ZCTU-instigated fuel demonstration of January last year degenerated into chaos with reports suggesting that demonstrators looted shops and vandalised lots of properties.
Reports also suggest that the state unleashed the army which brutally assaulted members of the public in their homes killing about seven of them.
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/pro-zanu-pf-youth-group-calls-on-govt-to-stop-planned-mdc-protest/">New Zimbabwe</a>

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Pro-ZANU PF Youth Group Tells Government To "Use Whatever They Have" To Block MDC Demo

The government says the first stage of assisting businesses that lost their merchandise during the January 2019 riots has been accomplished and is now at the final stage.
This was revealed by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mangaliso_Ndlovu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu</a>. He said:
<blockquote>The first stage was to give loans to all whose stocks were looted earlier this year. They have started paying back and we are getting close to a $1 million every month in repayments. We have also managed to assist retailers whose equipment was damaged.
… We are now working on the final stage (of assisting businesses that were affected during the demonstrations), which is reconstructing the burnt down structures.
We expect that by the end of October we should be nearing a process whereby we will be handing over the facilities and this shows that the Government is committed to assisting industry and commerce.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/January_2019_Shutdown_Zimbabwe_Protests" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Violent citizens’ protests broke out earlier this year after the government hiked the price of fuel by more than 150 per cent. Angry citizens took to the streets with some going on a looting rampage of businesses.</a>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/government-to-start-reconstruction-of-burnt-shops/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

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