Tendai drives a school omnibus along Samora Machel Avenue. He stops at red lights. Most mornings he is the only one who does. Last week a black SUV with tinted windows, no siren and no escort, went through the junction. Two motorbikes followed. Then a taxi. Then Tendai's conductor asked, in Shona, who would catch them. Tendai did not need an answer. Everyone at that junction already had one. We are told we have become undisciplined. Pitch invasions. Stampedes at stadium gates

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe says law enforcement agencies are prepared to maintain peace ahead of planned July 31 demonstrations called by activists opposing recent constitutional amendments.

HARARE — The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has moved swiftly to dismiss "misleading" social media reports claiming that an aggrieved family paraded a coffin at Machipisa Police Station in Highfield to protest the death of a relative allegedly killed by a police officer. In a detailed statement released today, national police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi clarified that the incident was not a protest, but rather a case of extreme public disorder and "reckless conduct"