National Vendors’ Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) chairperson Sten Zvorwadza, who handed himself over to the police on Friday, has been released without charge.
In an interview with ZimEye.com, he said, “they are keeping a close eye on us, and they said they are going to close us in, I do not know what that means.”

“There were no charges they just questioned me for a good four to five hours and then, released me without charge, the situation is they are sure of our intentions, we are clear in our statements, that we will not retreat, that we will not show any signs of going back. Enough is enough, we must be able to maintain our standards that Zimbabwe must be free, we are an oppressed nation because we survived 37 years under a dictatorship.”
“We are determined to fight on,” said Zvorwadza who also recently hit the headlines when together with others they stormed the hotel Vice-President Phekezela Mphoko is in staying and demanded that he vacates.
When questioned by ZimEye if he supported the call to shutdown again next Wednesday and Thursday, he responded, ” I do support and Zimbabweans are supporting that, we are saying enough is enough, we are for it and we are in full support of it.”
“Indeed what we are basically saying is times of guns, knives and baton sticks is not the present, modern times support demonstrations, a war or the struggle is already won,all we need is to stand and say enough is enough,” saying peaceful protests where the way to go for Zimbabweans who in their millions stand against a few in the ruling elite.
Questioned on police brutality and videos that have gone viral on social media he said,
“I visited a child who was beaten by a policeman which is very disturbing, a child who is under two years, this is what we are fighting, that we eradicate such behaviour and attitude from our society. ”