{"id":12581,"date":"2019-08-19T16:03:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T16:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=12581"},"modified":"2019-08-25T16:59:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T16:59:11","slug":"images-of-friday-shutdown-in-harare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/images-of-friday-shutdown-in-harare","title":{"rendered":"Images of Friday shutdown in Harare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Harare CBD was Friday deserted as many business owners and residents stayed away from the chaos that rocked the city centre following a demonstration that had been planned by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdczim\">MDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newzimbabwe.com\">NewZimbabwe.com<\/a>\u2019s Idah Mhetu took time to capture images of shops closed and usually crowded bus termini deserted.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the police clampdown, what was intended to be a day for protests inadvertently turned to a 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