A Zimbabwean preacher leading the biggest protests against President Robert Mugabe in a decade has been charged with inciting public violence. Baptist minister Evan Mawarire has become a household name in Zimbabwe since he started a social media campaign in April that has tapped into mounting public anger about corruption, high unemployment and economic woes.After at first ignoring his grainy online videos, shot on a cellphone and calling for a mass "stay at home", Mugabe's administration has started to push back, especially after the videos attracted support from thousands of unpaid civil servants during stayaways last week."Yes, he has been arrested for inciting public violence and disturbing the peace," Mawarire's lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, said, adding that the police had raided his client's Harare home, office and church. A copy of a search warrant said police believed Mawarire was in possession of a stolen police helmet and baton, and "other subversive material" that could be used to incite public violence.The law under which the 39-year-old has been detained carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years.In Johannesburg yesterday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said that the ruling party's national executive committee ''expressed concern about the recent upsurge of destabilisation activities in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. "These activities follow the assessment we earlier made as liberation movements of the sponsored elements seeking to effect regime change in the region.''Mantashe said there was nothing South Africa could do to help Zimbabwe's struggling economy because South Africa was also seized with a poorly performing economy that needed to grow at more satisfactory levels to create jobs.Politician and lawyer David Coltart, of Webb, Low & Barry, said the charges faced by Mawarire would not stick. ''Section 58 of the Zimbabwe constitution says every person has the right to demonstrate, but the right must be exercised peacefully,'' Coltart said.The #FreePastorEvan movement trended most in South Africa on Twitter.In a pre-recorded video posted on Twitter under the #ThisFlag hashtag, Mawarire said his arrest should not stop Zimbabwe's 13million people from going ahead with more demonstrations."No matter what has happened to me, you and I have done well."We have stood up and raised our voices to build this nation," the preacher said.More protests are planned for today and tomorrow as part of #ThisFlag...