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· Zimbabwe’s security and stability is at risk as the main opposition and civil society stoke unrest, according to National Security Minister Owen Ncube
· Zimbabwe’s two-decade economic collapse has deepened with inflation at more than 750%. Coupled with this, the country’s currency collapsed.
· Public anger over intolerable living conditions spurred protest action that’s been brutally quashed by the military
Zimbabwe’s security and stability is at risk as the main opposition and civil society stoke unrest, according to National Security
Minister Owen Ncube. He was talking to reporters in the capital, Harare yesterday.
The minister stressed that the Movement for Democratic Change, civil society organizations, churches and Western countries are among the “internal and external” threats working to unconstitutionally topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. The state, he added, was also aware of plans to smuggle guns into the country to arm militia groups.
Zimbabwe’s two-decade economic collapse has deepened with inflation at more than 750%. Coupled with this, the country’s currency collapsed. Public anger over intolerable living conditions spurred protest action that’s been brutally quashed by the military. Ncube’s unscheduled briefing is the second by a senior government official in at least four months. The minister however denied rift between Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga. In June, the country’s top military generals pledged support for Mnangagwa and denied speculation of an
imminent coup.
The state sources pointed out that pressure groups had called for a two-day closing down of the Beitbridge border post shared with
neighboring South Africa. The main opposition, Movement for Democratic Change, civil society organizations, churches and Western countries are among the “internal and external” threats working to unconstitutionally topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government,, the government sources stressed.
