The government last week lifted the ban imposed on aid organisations prior to the June 27 runoff vote.
Requirements for registration have been further tightened following a demand that Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) should first seek chiefs’
clearance before resuming operations.
Fortune Charumbira, the president of the chiefs’ council said NGOs would be screened by chiefs before resuming operations, despite being registered.
Charumbira argued that it was disrespectful for an organisation to just resume operations in an area without seeking the chief’s consent.
However, Fambai Ngirande, the spokesperson of the National Association for Non Governmental Organisations (NANGO), said the move would only result in the sidelining of reregistered NGOs suspected to have links with the opposition Movement for Democratic change (MDC).
Ngirande said the most affected would be organisations funded by American and British donors, countries president Robert Mugabe accuses of pushing for regime change.
He said this would also result in food politicisation at a time when millions of Zimbabweans are in dire need of food aid.
Radio VOP
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