Zim a full-blown dictatorship: Analysts

ZIMBABWE is now a full-blown dictatorship where the State openly interferes with judicial processes to silence dissenting voices, with the ruling party boasting of having a hand in the arrest of opposition activists, analysts have said.

Zanu PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa on Monday told journalists that opposition activists, who were detained in the lead-up to the 44th Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Heads of State and Government Summit, may now be released.

Mutsvangwa’s remarks come after more than 160 activists were arrested on allegations of plotting to protest and disrupt the summit, which was hosted by Zimbabwe.

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