EleZimbabwe lamkele ngenjabulo isisekelo sombuso esitsha ngemva kokulotshwa kwaso igama nguMongameli Robert Mugabe ukuze sibe ngumthetho uqhobo. Inhlanganiso yezakhamizi eye Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association, ithi ikhathazekile ngenyathelo lekhansili yalelidobho lokuthatha impahla zezakhamizi ezilezikwelede. Umkhokheli welinye lamacele eMDC uthembise ele China ukuthi ubudlelwano bamazwe womabili abusoze baphazanyiswa yikuthatha kwakhe intambo zombuso nxa enganqoba kukhetho .