By A Correspondent|Members of the Zimbabwe National Army in partnership with the police are reportedly beating up civilians ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to Masvingo this afternoon.

Mnangagwa is currently on a national tour to assess how citizens are fairing during the 21 Day Lockdown in a process set to inform whether to extend or not the lockdown.

However, the soldiers and police details manning the road from Rujeko township into town were indiscriminately assaulting civilians this morning.

Said a supermarket worker who did not want to be named but could not go to work but said was beaten up this morning:

“The letters from our employers were not working and i was beaten before being told to go back home.”

This is a developing story as ZimEye is engaging the responsible authorities for a comment on this.