WOZA’s courage and conviction continue to inspire Zimbabweans – including poet John Eppel who recently wrote a Song for WOZA.

This week, 300 members of WOZA and MOZA (Women / Men of Zimbabwe Arise) marched through the streets of Bulawayo without police interference – a welcome change from the 8 March International Women’s Day protest at which women were brutalised by riot police in Bulawayo. This week’s demonstration is also the first protest since the 28 May protest in Harare that resulted in 14 members being incarcerated in remand prison for several weeks.

According to WOZA, this week’s action aimed to draw politicians’ attention to “bread and roses” issues – bread representing food and roses representing the need for lasting dignity. The protest also sought to test the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently signed by Zimbabwe’s politicians to determine whether freedoms of expression and assembly truly have opened up.

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