On August 1 2018, state police and soldiers cracked down on MDC protesters who were demonstrating against alleged election manipulation by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in favour of the ruling ZANU PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The army fired live ammunition on protesters who were allegedly becoming uncontainable. About seven people died in the violence whilst scores of civilians sustained gun wounds. The violence was condemned widely and wildly by local political parties, civil society organisations, individuals, members of the diplomatic call and the international community. Soldiers denied ever shooting at the civilians thereby forcing the president to later institute a Kgalema Motlanthe led Commission to investigate the incident. The commission made recommendations aimed at bringing to justice all implicated soldiers and police. The recommendations also aimed at peace and nation-building.
Today is the 1st of August.
Because Zimbabwean lives matter, we must take a moment to remember all who needlessly lost their lives a year ago when the military launched into the street and randomly fired live rounds.
The regime may forget but we certainly won’t.
🌸RIP🌸
— Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 (@advocatemahere) August 1, 2019
On this day 1 August 2018 Innocent Civillians were butchered by the army. Children lost their heroes.Families robbed of breadwinners.Mothers lost their children.A commission was set up & till this day no single soldier has faced the wrath of the law.#August1shootings#Zimbabwe pic.twitter.com/wVBWpCQB3q
— BrightoNcube (@Realbeefactor) August 1, 2019
We will never forget! pic.twitter.com/N3WHDJeysH
— MDC-A London Branch (@BranchMdc) August 1, 2019
It is Aug 1st. The blood of those slain a year ago still cries out to the heavens.
— Gandanga (@GandangaJena) August 1, 2019
45° angle! 
, one year gone after defenseless Zimbabweans were massacred by their own army. @TichRay @Wamagaisa
Today let’s take a moment remember the victims on the 1 August 2018 senseless military killings and let’s resolve together to keep fighting to bring justice and freedom to Zimbabwe so that such atrocities never happen again. Aluta continua! #Remember1August pic.twitter.com/12boaHYtjF
— Doug Coltart ✊🏼🇿🇼 (@DougColtart) August 1, 2019
Rest in peace to those who were brutally murdered by the Zimbabwean army on this day last year. We shall never forget. #Zimbabwe #Zimbabweans #263Chat pic.twitter.com/CiGs6zg0sW
— Gilbert.Navonika (@GNavonika) August 1, 2019
Today is August 1 2019. A year after the August 1 massacre in Harare. How far have we gone in the implementation of the Motlanthe Commission of inquiry Recommendations? #Asakhe pic.twitter.com/474eB98rqD
— Zenzele (@zenzele) August 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/LiarsInZim/status/1156847113122304000
It's very sad that Motlante commission Gobbled millions of US dollars but nothing tangible came out of it, no arrest have been made for murder of our fellow brothers and sisters
— stan jnr moyo (@BulisaniJnr) August 1, 2019
A year ago six compatriots going about their routine lives were brutally murdered by a fascist regime that had just brutally stolen an electionA year later despite an expensive Commission justice has not been served.Impunity is the bedrock of authoritarianism.We shall not forget
— TENDAI BITI (@BitiTendai) August 1, 2019
What were their names?
Silvia Maphosa 53
Ishmael Kumire 41
Gavin Dean Charles 45
Jealous Chikandira 21
Brian Zhuwao 26
Challenge Tauro 20All 6 were shot dead by the military, 4 were shot from the back. No perpetrator has been held to account #Remembering1Aug2018 #Justice4Aug1
— Alex T Magaisa 🇿🇼 (@Wamagaisa) August 1, 2019
At an acute angle of 45 degrees casualties were effected on the civilian population and the Nation today remembers them.