Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko has threatened to crush protesters who he labeled ‘snakes’ with military force.
Mphoko has been under pressure to vacate a top class hotel he lives in with protesters giving him no rest at the Rainbow Towers Hotel. The Vice-President stubbornly disregarded the testimonies and cries of those he heard from during his tour of Beitbridge, which has been rocked by serious upheavals over government’s new import laws.
“We will look at our own ways of solving such problems…we have security forces. We cannot keep snakes growing in our backyards,” Mphoko said.
He was speaking to government heads of departments, councillors and other local leaders in Beitbridge where he went to get “first hand” information on the causes of the riots that rocked the border town on July 1.
Mphoko said there was a possibility of a hidden sponsor to the riots.
Mphoko heard that the riots were started by very young children and not people that were arrested by police.
Councillor Max Chikova told him that the riots were sparked by the recently-introduced regulation Statutory Instrument 64/2016 restricting goods imports.
“People are afraid to say the truth but the recent import laws have completely spelt doom on Beitbridge people who survive from the border,” he said.
Chikova, a Zanu PF councillor for Beitbridge Town Council, urged government to consider levying duty on goods instead of banning imports.
“Everyone is not happy; they are crying because of the new law. Even government is not making money; its losing revenue because people are sidestepping the border and smuggling goods,” Chikova said.
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Mphoko later toured the town where he was shown the burnt Zimbabwe Revenue Authority warehouse which was still smouldering, looted shops and destroyed traffic lights.
He donated $300 to Sarina Ndou, a woman in her 70s whose shop was looted by protesters.
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Mugabe is not begging security to end brutality. They are competing for access to this so called prophet Wimbo, who they all believe can give the powers to rule Zimbabwe forever. That is the situation here. It is not about the security brutality on civilians, but for the soldiers not to go to the same prophet who is perceived as the source of power and can predict what can happen in the future. For your own information, this Wimbo prophet is of the religion of Mudyiwa, who was regarded as Jesus in that region and had his followers working for him as slaves while his children where in the USA. You can see that even Wimbo has educated children while the followers are brainwashed not to go to school. God forgive Zimbabwe.
Mugabe is not begging security to end brutality. They are competing for access to this so called prophet Wimbo, who they all believe can give the powers to rule Zimbabwe forever. That is the situation here. It is not about the security brutality on civilians, but for the soldiers not to go to the same prophet who is perceived as the source of power and can predict what can happen in the future. For your own information, this Wimbo prophet is of the religion of Mudyiwa, who was regarded as Jesus in that region and had his followers working for him as slaves while his children where in the USA. You can see that even Wimbo has educated children while the followers are brainwashed not to go to school. God forgive Zimbabwe.
Mpoko, your boss Mugabe has begged security to end brutality. Yet you threaten to use the very “security forces” to kill peaceful demonstrators whom you refer to as “snakes.”
Whom do you think you are? A ‘snake” is going to bite you very soon.
I don’t think Mpoko is a leader or a father, I have known this man in Botswana his decisions are very bad,I don’t like him at all ,he is staying in a hotel paidby tax payers,he eats hotel food that is paid for by the pple of Zimbabwe while they are suffering, what kind of a President who stays in a hotel as if he is on holiday? What is expensive btwn a house and a hotel?something is wrong somewhere
I don’t think Mpoko is a leader or a father, I have known this man in Botswana his decisions are very bad,I don’t like him at all ,he is staying in a hotel paidby tax payers,he eats hotel food that is paid for by the pple of Zimbabwe while they are suffering, what kind of a President who stays in a hotel as if he is on holiday? What is expensive btwn a house and a hotel?something is wrong somewhere