18 November
Freedom of
Expression
In the Bulawayo city centre Kholwani Sibanda, a Zanu PF supporter verbally insulted and threatened *Siboniso Mathe, a
member of the MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube accusing her of denigrating Zanu PF and the President when
she passed complaints over school fees of war veterans’ children not being paid and the Zanu PF led government failing
to run the country properly.
28 November
Right to
Information
The introduction of bond notes in banks caused serious confusion, instability and resistance as the Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe had not adequately informed citizens and the business cmmunity before introducing the surrency. Queues
were very long and for those who managed to get their cash, in a combination of bond notes and dollars, the challenge
was most major shops were refusing to accept the bond notes as legal tender. Such shops included OK, Choppies, Pick
n Pay and Greens supermarkets.
Figure 1: Bulawayo residents queue to access money at a local bank (image by ZPP)
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