Women beat pots in protest against Mugabe

Hundreds of women in Zimbabwe on Saturday demonstrated against President Robert Mugabe’s government by beating pots, symbolizing a nation facing starvation and economic hardships.
The march organized by the main opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), dubbed the #BeatThePot campaign, took place in Zimbabwe’s second largest city of Bulawayo.
“These pots that we are beating are no longer cooking anything at home this is why we brought them to say we no longer have anything to cook. We are starving,” Thokozani Khupe, MDC vice president said while addressing women who took part in the march.
“What we are saying here is we are putting more fire on a pot that is already boiling. We want that pot to boil until Mugabe goes.” She said: “That is why we are saying please Mugabe you have failed, please go so that our lives can go own well.”
The women who were clad in red party colors held up placards denouncing Mugabe. They marched in the central business district of Bulawayo singing and beating pots with wooden and steel cooking utensils.
“Mugabe must go,” they chanted whilst giving the MDC’s open palm symbol amidst a police presence.

Source: Arab News