By Farai D Hove| The Zimbabwean government has indicated that soldiers are hereafter going to be escorting commuters to work, following the turmoil that saw armed soldiers killing several civilians since Monday.
The statement came a day after Acting President Constantino Chiwenga told ZimEye people who were shot dead must go report to the police. This was in a phone conversation during which he denied shutting down the internet, contrary to written evidence from mobile operator, Econet that his administration did so.
The Ministry Of Information issued the statement late Wednesday night saying, “For the safety of citizenry, agents will escort escort such buses including govt ones.”
It was understood by the term “agents” the Information Ministry refers to soldiers as was seen at Five Avenue Shopping Centre in Harare which was guarded by armed officers yesterday.
The ministry said, “Govt wish to thank all those private sector bus operators who offered to ferry commuters to their work places tomorrow. For the safety of citizenry, agents will escort escort such buses including govt ones. Let’s have the Zimbabwean normal way of life back.”