A truck-load of armed riot police swooped on President Tsvangirai’s scheduled private meeting with opinion leaders in village 22 of the Nyamakate area in Robert Mugabe’s home province of Mashonaland West.
The police’s attempted disruption of the meeting confirmed President Tsvangirai’s message during his provincial tours that though the country was independent, Zimbabweans did not enjoy the requisite freedoms for which Zimbabweans waged a brutal war and which freedoms were enshrined in the Constitution.
Regardless of the fact that this was a private meeting at a private homestead, Mugabe’s armed police descended on the venue and threatened the property owner, Tadius Mazuduri, who refused to budge and insisted on his rights.
The team of 9, armed with guns and teargas and led by Makuti officer in charge Inspector Mugari, only moved away after they were confronted by villagers who refused to have their rights violated.
President Tsvangirai later addressed the community leaders and told them that they had an opportunity to end this culture of immunity in 2018.
Luke Tamborinyoka
Presidential Spokesperson and Director of Communications
Should this Gate be bar or was he refused access ? Remember you are writing to a wide audience!
Biblical egyptisation of Zimbabwe kkkkkkkkk
stupid headline! how does somebody GATE somebody?
Not particularly a fan of Tsvangirai but well done and your party members for standing your ground. This disruptive government and its disruptive president with the disruptive leadership will sure be brought to book one day.
If they know they are doing the right thing, why should they use force to make people seem to support them? People are tired of this brutal government. If you see them attending the ZANUPF rallies in numbers, it’s mostly out of fear of being targeted or some stollen ZIMRA foods are being distributed and they want a bargain or two to feed the hungry children at home.
You are now a spent force ZANUPF, let Other people take over and lead masses to the Canaan that never was. The bondage that they were in under (Pharaoh), Smith, was far better than the bondage they are now under, suppressed by their own supposed liberators.