“Jail For Selling Zim Flag,” Says Kasukuwere
19 August 2016
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rigid...Saviour Kasukuwere
rigid…Saviour Kasukuwere

It is a criminal offence to manufacture or import the Zimbabwe flag without prior permission of the secretary for justice, legal and parliamentary affairs.
A local organisation says one can be jailed for one year or fined $300. Veritas, which provides information on the work of Parliament and the laws of Zimbabwe, did the research after local government minister and Zanu PF’s political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, threatened protesters with arrest over the national flag.
“In addition to section 4 of the Constitution, there are two such laws: the Flag of Zimbabwe Act and the Flag of Zimbabwe (General) Regulations [SI 194/1987] made by the President under the Act,” Veritas said.
“The Act makes it a criminal offence for anyone to burn, mutilate or otherwise insult the Flag (or a reproduction or likeness of it) in circumstances which are calculated or likely to show disrespect for the Flag or bring it into disrepute.  The maximum penalty on conviction is a fine not exceeding level 6 ($300) or imprisonment for one year or both,” the organisation said.
Veritas said the regulations make it a criminal offence to import or manufacture the flag, or apply the flag, reproduction or likeness of it, use the flag on any matter or thing, for the purposes of sale, without the prior permission of the secretary for justice, legal and parliamentary affairs.
“For permission to be granted, the secretary (of justice) must be satisfied that the activity in question will not bring the flag into disrepute, will not result in its excessive exploitation for commercial purposes and will not generally be contrary to the public interest”.

14 Replies to ““Jail For Selling Zim Flag,” Says Kasukuwere”

  1. Isu tavekuto displayer flag ye Rhodesia, Green white Green seye ku Nigeria with the insignia pakati. However we shall not put the insignia so that mapeche ana Kasukuwere mofunga kuti tese tirir Ma Nigimbi. On further thinking, saka iwe AIDS riddled Kasukumamwa unofunga kuti imi chete ne William Smith and Gourock , ndimi munokwanisa kugadzira flag ye Hashtag This flag. Imbwa ndikosaka uchisvirwa na Jonathan Moyo

  2. Isu tavekuto displayer flag ye Rhodesia, Green white Green seye ku Nigeria with the insignia pakati. However we shall not put the insignia so that mapeche ana Kasukuwere mofunga kuti tese tirir Ma Nigimbi. On further thinking, saka iwe AIDS riddled Kasukumamwa unofunga kuti imi chete ne William Smith and Gourock , ndimi munokwanisa kugadzira flag ye Hashtag This flag. Imbwa ndikosaka uchisvirwa na Jonathan Moyo

  3. Don’t worry,when the day of reckoning comes,this Kasukuwere Gangster will be First Target for Mob Justice.

  4. Don’t worry,when the day of reckoning comes,this Kasukuwere Gangster will be First Target for Mob Justice.

  5. Hatina basa nazvo, we will wrap a green cloth around our necks as a symbol for this flag. Tione whether you will ban green.

  6. pamureza ndipo pamunobuditsira tsinga asi 15 bidza hamuna chamuinacho. muri bwende dzevanhu. everyone knows kuti munofara kuona vanhu vasina izwi and you will do anything to keep it that way, even deny them their flag. shameful lot…

  7. pamureza ndipo pamunobuditsira tsinga asi 15 bidza hamuna chamuinacho. muri bwende dzevanhu. everyone knows kuti munofara kuona vanhu vasina izwi and you will do anything to keep it that way, even deny them their flag. shameful lot…

  8. The greatest abusers of the flag have been ZANU PF and its machinery. The cry of the citizen is to bring back the flag to its national glory. If at all there is anyone to be defined as an abuser of the flag is ZANU PF that has abused the flag for 36 yrs. It is a shame to see a flag raised on police stations/camps. It is a shame to see a flag raised on the offices of Home Affairs. It is a shame to see the flag raised on most of these government ministries. The biggest question is, are they upholding the fundamental things enshrined in the NATIONAL FLAG. I think the citizens have to rise up and demand back this national flag from the traitors. Looking at a flag I don’t see just a peace of cloth, but what it symbolizes. Our government has shown beyond reasonable doubt that they hate this flag. I therefore demand that they should bring back our flag, and we are claiming it back. Our flag should not be raised on traitors institutions. We own this flag and claiming it back is not an abuse of it. How do you define a rebel? We have a government that has rebel against it own people. When I walk with a flag it shows that I do believe and uphold in everything enshrined. So how can a like mind feel threatened? These are just jokers but thank God because they will not be able to stand the test of time. Time is never rushed! Time will be my witness. MITI MESO.

  9. The greatest abusers of the flag have been ZANU PF and its machinery. The cry of the citizen is to bring back the flag to its national glory. If at all there is anyone to be defined as an abuser of the flag is ZANU PF that has abused the flag for 36 yrs. It is a shame to see a flag raised on police stations/camps. It is a shame to see a flag raised on the offices of Home Affairs. It is a shame to see the flag raised on most of these government ministries. The biggest question is, are they upholding the fundamental things enshrined in the NATIONAL FLAG. I think the citizens have to rise up and demand back this national flag from the traitors. Looking at a flag I don’t see just a peace of cloth, but what it symbolizes. Our government has shown beyond reasonable doubt that they hate this flag. I therefore demand that they should bring back our flag, and we are claiming it back. Our flag should not be raised on traitors institutions. We own this flag and claiming it back is not an abuse of it. How do you define a rebel? We have a government that has rebel against it own people. When I walk with a flag it shows that I do believe and uphold in everything enshrined. So how can a like mind feel threatened? These are just jokers but thank God because they will not be able to stand the test of time. Time is never rushed! Time will be my witness. MITI MESO.

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