Zimbabwe Peace Project

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AGAIN!
NOVEMBER 2021

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2021_ZPP MMR NOVEMBER 2021 - November Again!

Monthly Monitoring Report

Executive Summary: In his love song, Stand by Me, British singer songwriter Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel, known professionally as Seal, sings, “When the night has come, and the land is dark and the moon is the only, light we'll see, no I won't, be afraid. Just as long, as you stand…. Just as Seal placed high hopes on his lover, Zimbabweans welcomed the coming in of President Emmerson Mnangagwa into power in 2017 with high hopes that even though it was through a military coup, there was a chance for him to stand by Zimbabweans when it got dark. Four years later, we write a totally different story, and each November, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has recorded an increasing desire by those in power to entrench themselves using all but democratic means. The means include at the highest and lowest levels the use of state security agents to suppress dissent, interference in the affairs of the judiciary, weaponization of the law, politicization of aid, state party conflation, and enactment of Draconian laws like the recently gazetted Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill. It is an all out assault on the right of citizens to enjoy their constitutionally guaranteed entitlements!The politicization of inputs has continued to happen for a long time and ZPP has continued to keep the issue alive, and has always expressed concern over how Zanu PF officials and activists hijack the process which should be conducted by government employees and other non partisan stakeholders. Recently, the politicization of Pfumvudza inputs was a subject of discussion in Parliament. Norton MP Temba Mliswa claimed the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) officers, charged with the responsibility to stock and distribute the inputs, were living in fear of releasing the agriculture inputs after being ordered by Zanu PF members to issue the inputs to farmers without the ruling party officials’ consent. “ Zanu PF officials are now giving instructions to GMB officers not to release inputs. Inputs are being politicised ,” Mliswa said.

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November Again! ZPP Monthly Monitoring Report for November 2021.pdf
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