Police beef up security ahead of Sadc summit

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have deployed police details from other provinces to Harare to beef up security ahead of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit, NewsDay has learnt.

The Sadc Heads of State and Government Summit is slated for August 17 and 18 while the 7th Sadc Industrialisation Week was officially opened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week.

The development comes as government fears massive protests by human rights activists and opposition parties in the country.

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