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Zimshutdown2016 and the new protest politics taking root in Zimbabwe

Simukai Tinhu writes in The Guardian: " After a mass strike in Zimbabwe this week, the country's 92-year-old president was forced to convene an emergency meeting as the nation came to a standstill. The strike, dubbed #Zimshutdown2016 on Twitter, was not only unprecedented, but it was a rare moment of public defiance in a country that has been ruled by Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party for more than 35 years. What started as a localised demonstration launched by unpaid government workers quickly escalated into a rallying point for national outcry against regime corruption and the worsening financial crisis. ...".