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44 Harvest House also known simply as Harvest House is a six story building in Harare located at corner Nelson Mandela Avenue and Angwa Street it serves as the National Headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change party in Zimbabwe.[1] Map of Zimbabwe showing the location of Harare. ...
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Overview Harvest House as it is often known, is perhaps the most famous building in Zimbabwe and one of the most widely mentioned in the press in the world.
Situated in downtown Harare in Zimbabwe, It is the center of the Movement for Democratic Change, physically and politically. It has offices for all the departments, the secretaries, assistants and advisors, and 2 conference rooms the MDC officials address the press or meets for meetings. Map of Zimbabwe showing the location of Harare. ...
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is a Zimbabwean political party led by Morgan Tsvangirai. ...
Description The building has two green concrete fronts, connected on the inside. The ground floor windows in front are protected by metal grates. The metal grates on the windows and vertical blinds. It has Two poles on the front on which the Zimbabwe flag and the Movement for Democratic Change flag fly. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is a Zimbabwean political party led by Morgan Tsvangirai. ...
According to the MDC constitution Section its states:
1.4 The party is headquartered at Harvest House, No.44 Nelson Mandela Avenue,Harare and shall have offices at such other places as may be determined from time to time by the National Council.”[2]
The Party Secretariat The MDC Party Secretariat is located at the Harvest House and is headed by a Chief of Staff and staffed by a mix of career servants and special advisors. It provides the party with support and advice on policy, communications,departments and public/media relations.
Members of staff at Harvest are not allowed to hold any position in any structure in the MDC.[3]
Security Heavy security measures are present, if not always visible. Three guards traditionally man the front door. More covert security measures exist, for example plain-clothed guards along the roofline of the street and in the vicinity of the building itself.
Despite the security measures,there have been more than 100 most serious breaches of security. Mostly by the Zimbabwe government.
March 2007 Raid On March 2006 following the arrest of MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai heavily armed police descended on Harvest House, they ransacked the building, breaking furniture, fixtures, destroying documents, they broke toilet seats and cisterns, they broke doors and several windows left offices of MDC officials strewn with papers, ripped telephone lines and took away computers. According to press reports the debris resembled a scene of bomb attack. [4] Morgan Tsvangirai (IPA: ) born March 10, 1952) is a Trade unionist,Human rightsactivist,Democrat and President of the mainstream [1] Movement for Democratic Change, the main opposition party in Zimbabwe. ...
May 2007 Raid In May 2007 Police in Zimbabwe raided Harvest house and arrested as many as 200 activists.The activists were taken away in police vans, and the police had no search warrant.
The raid came a day after police extended a ban on political rallies.[5]
Media relations Press briefings are traditionally given by the Secretary for Information and Publicity.
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