ED denies SA envoys access to other stake holders
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Staff Reporter
All is not well in Harare as the Zanu PF government denies SA President Cyril Ramaphosa’s envoys access to other stake holders including opposition political parties.
Zimbabwe Observer understands that ED’s government denied the envoys Baleka Mbete, Sydney Mufamandi and Ngoako Ramathlodi the opportunity to engage MDC A leaders insisting that there was no need to do so as Zimbabwe was not in any crisis situation.
The envoys met President Mnangagwa this afternoon where they were told that everything was normal in Zimbabwe except for few agents of the western countries who were taking matters out of proportion to social media. The trio are back in Pretoria.
Requests to get briefing from both MDC formations were turned down.
A respected cleric Shingi Munyeza took to social media to express his disgust about the decision to deny envoys engagements with other stakeholders.
Pastor Munyeza who is also an advisor to President Mnangagwa tweeted saying, “It is my considered view that the #Envoys sent by #CyrilRamaphosa should meet with the organisers of the #31julymovement to get their view as well. Some of them have been unfairly detained & some are in hiding.”
The 31 July Movement (J31M) that organised protests which alerted the world to human rights abuses and looting is insisting on the unconditional release from jail of their members including Jacob Ngarivhume, Hopewell Chin’ono and many other others who are languishing in jails.
J31M is also demanding for the immediate cessation of the government’s efforts to capture the Movement ’spokesman Honourable Job Sikhala and 13 others on the police wanted list.
“It is against this background that we demand the release of our comrades, removal of warrants of arrests/interest on the 14 activists namely Makomborero Haruziviishe, Godfrey Kurauone, Ostallos Siziba, Job Sikhala, Promise Mkwananzi, Denford Ngadziore, Allan Moyo, Obey Sithole, Obert Masaraure, Robson Chere, Jim Kunaka, Peter Mutasa, Stephen Chuma, and Godfrey Tsenengamu, the investigation and subsequent arrest of named corrupt state officials, an end to abuse and immunity from prosecution of the security personnel engaged in human rights violations,” reads part of the J31M statement which was released this afternoon.
J31M also called for an impartial delegation from South Africa in the form of the International Relations Committee of the South African parliament and an immediate engagement between the government and its citizens for the establishment of a social contract, and a National Transitional Authority leading to free, fair, and credible elections.
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