BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe Republic Police in the Nyamandlovu area of Matabeleland North refused to grant clearance to a revived Zapu meeting over the weekend. Nyamandlovu was traditionally a Zapu stronghold in the 1980s.Sources within the Nyamandlovu business centre community said that the meeting was meant to launch the party in the area as well as select people to run the party in the area as part of Zapu’s revival attempt.
“The police were scared of being summoned by their superiors, that is why the meeting was not given clearance. The guys however came to the venue and when they got there the police chased them away,” said a villager.
The police spokesperson for Matabeleland North declined to comment.