Pastor says more people need to protest

Pastor Evan Mawarire says more people need to join in order to convince the government that change is needed.

Speaking to BBC, he said non-protesters were preventing the country from growing.

"Let's all shut down and send a message to our government that enough is enough, we need changes in very simple things, in very simple areas.

And our protest - non-violent, non-inciting, stay-at-home, is the best because it is within the confines of the law.

Every Zimbabwean who does not participate is robbing us of a great opportunity to add to the momentum of where our country is going", he said.

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Mawarire's campaign, #ThisFlag movement, is aimed at getting "as many citizens as possible involved in nation-building", in order to fight corruption, economic mismanagement and unemployment.

The pastor was was briefly detained for organising a nationwide strike.

He was released, after a court in Harare dismissed a legal case against him.

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