Govt shoots self in the foot on NGOs

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s threats to deregister so-called “rogue NGOs” made sad reading given the complementary role these organisations play in the country.

Mnangagwa’s utterances, made at a politburo meeting on Wednesday, came hard on the heels of an onslaught on the NGOs by his administration, particularly provincial development co-ordinators (PDCs), who railroaded their representatives to meetings countrywide.

In Masvingo, for instance, PDC Jefter Sakupwanya reportedly labelled some NGOs “bad apples”.

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