Zvayi, a former geography teacher accused of promoting hate language
on behalf of the President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party, quit The Herald
last month. He was reported to have landed a job as a media lecturer at the
University of Botswana.
In a petition to Botswana President Ian Seretse Khama on Tuesday,
ZINASU called on the Botswana government to continue piling the pressure on
Zimbabwe, by standing against Mugabe and expelling his lieutenants such as
Zvayi.
“Your Excellency, we salute and commend your efforts in not
recognizing and condemning the 27 June one-man election in Zimbabwe,” reads
the petition to Khama.
In the petition, the students’ union said Zvayi propagated hate among
Zimbabweans and should not be accommodated in Botswana.
“Your country is a good model of a democracy and good governance in
Africa and people like Zvayi should not be accommodated as they propagated
hate among Zimbabweans because of his vitriolic writings in the daily
newspaper,” adds the statement.
Two weeks ago, Zvayi and his former colleague at the Sunday Mail,
Munyaradzi Huni, were included in a revised list of targeted sanctions by
the European Union and the United States government.
Radio VOP