Farai Dziva| Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday used the liberation war maxim “pasi navo” to denounce those plotting to stage mass protests.

However political analysts feel the maxim should not be used in the so called new dispensation.

Addressing hundreds of villagers who converged at Kondo Primary School to witness him officially opening the rehabilitated Tanganda-Ngundu Highway, Mnangagwa said demonstrations and stay aways “do not bring any benefit.”

He said focus by all must be on developing the country as demonstrated by the commissioning of the Tanganda-Ngundu Highway, instead of wasting energy on negativity.

“For those with mobile phones, they were saying today (yesterday) you should stay away, stay away.

Stay away yokudii? Muchigara kuitira ani? Anozotambura ndiani kana mukasasevenza?,” said Mnangagwa.

“Anozotambura marega ndiani nekuti shoko raJehovha rinoti iro nokutadza kwamaita kudya muchero uyu muchararama necheziya. Zvino umwe woti iye aiwa ngatiregei kushanda. Ko tozodyei kana tisingashande?

Saka musaterera mhesva mukono idzi dzinopihwa mari nevanhu varikunze, dzinopihwa mari nevanhu vagere ku South Africa uko vatinoziva vamwe ma criminals akatiza muno varikutsvaga mari kuti kuve nemhirizhonga mukati menyika ivo vagere vachiplanner varimumahotera. Pasi navo! Saka hakuna stay away,” added Mnangagwa.