Moyo is the deputy national chairman of the war veterans’ body while Bhila is the vice chairman for Harare province.
The arrests followed brutal attacks on the opposition party’s Harare province youths by suspected Zanu PF militia in Kambuzuma on Sunday.
Council spokesperson Michael Chideme said that Kuwadzana Extension residents should brace for longer water cuts as the project is expected to run until the 7th of next month.
Officiating at the burial of the former chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, President Mugabe accused Pastor Evan Mawarire of being foreign-sponsored.
After realising that many of its members always fall victim to political violence in the rural areas during election time, the Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has decided to launch a campaign to promote peaceful coexistence among its members and the communities.
Joey Mabenge said their march was also in support of the millions of people back home that are suffering under the government of President Robert Mugabe.
Human rights lawyer Tendai Biti, who took the case to the Constitutional Court, said he was pleased with this ruling although these prisoners already had a right to a presidential pardon.
According to Apex Council chairperson Cecilia Alexander said state officials requested for more time to consult on the July salary dates before coming back to them on Friday.
The call comes following the surfacing of photos and videos, some very hard to look at or watch, showing arrested protesters being assaulted by the police while in detention.
The government has invited them to meeting next Monday to discuss various issues, among them the payment of July salaries.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police said more than one hundred people were arrested following riots which broke out throughout the country Wednesday.
More than 100 Zimbabweans in Britain demonstrating against the economic decay back home, Tuesday forced Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa to sit in a taxi in London for more than an hour when he tried to leave a money-raising conference.
The riots are spreading to other parts of Zimbabwe with students in some schools boycotting classes.
The government has already deposited $100 in each worker's bank account without consulting unions.
Some civil servants’ unions have declared that their members won’t accept the government’s $100.00 offer as compensation for non-payment of June salaries.
“Yesterday we met government and insisted on our position that workers must be able to report for work because they are incapacitated to do so, that is if they fail to pay them their salaries on the due dates."
“We are inviting all civil servants and (other) Zimbabweans to a sit-in at the Ministry of Finance offices on July 1st until a solution to the economic crisis is availed."
Douglas Mwonzora did not want to reveal the list of the targeted businesses, though he said Gushungo Holdings, a dairy company owned by the first family and Choppies Supermarkets owned by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko are among the 19 companies.
This followed a deadlock between the two parties Wednesday over the shifting of pay dates after the government’s proposal to pay June salaries beginning at the end of the month stretching into next month owing to poor revenue inflows.
Independent economic analyst Takudzwa Chisango who is also the president of the Zimbabwe Business Coordination Campaign said the problem stems from a high externalization of money, a development that he said has contributed to the cash crisis.
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