Prisons bar Tsvangirai visit

MDC–T leader Morgan Tsvangirai was yesterday barred from visiting opposition members currently detained at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, with officials telling him to first seek clearance from Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi.

Prison bosses despatched to deal with Tsvangirai’s entourage told MDC-T vice-president Nelson Chamisa, after over 30 minutes of waiting, that the main opposition leader was not an “ordinary Zimbabwean” and could, therefore, not be allowed to visit party members in the prison without clearance.

“They (prison officers) said he could not get in because he is not an ordinary citizen.

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