Lockdown exemption letters aren’t a legal requirement

WITH all due respect, movement exemption letters often demanded by security officers at roadblocks and checkpoints are not a legal requirement. Put differently, there is no law in Zimbabwe mandating a person to produce the so-called exemption letter to a police officer at a roadblock.

A few days ago, I was stopped at a police roadblock and a certain police officer ordered me to produce a “movement exemption letter”.

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