Sadc crackdown: Mnangagwa feels the heat

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said there is a foreign-funded scheme to peddle falsehoods to tarnish the image of the country after the world condemned his administration’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists ahead of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit slated for August 17 and 18.

Government has received backlash from Western embassies and foreign organisations following the arrest of over 100 activists, with some having been severely tortured in custody.

The incarcerated pro-democracy activists, who are yet to be granted bail, are languishing in detention.

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