Now that ROHR was attracting the interest of potential donors a small group had seized the opportunity to unconstitutionally try to take it over. Four people have consequently been expelled.
Vigil supporters were glad to hear of the situation at first-hand from Ephraim. The Vigil founded ROHR and has financially supported it from the beginning. Here are some of the comments the Vigil has received following the press statement we released on the situation
• ‘Well done to all concerned’ – a Zimbabwean parliamentarian.
• ‘From my own observations and studies, I have noticed that the Mugabe regime targets NGOs involved in human rights activities for infiltration, destabilisation and harassment using terror laws like POSA and various others. While I don't mean to suggest the named four individuals may be CIO agents, I would not be surprised if they were found to be through a good vetting process.’ Clifford Mashiri, Zimbabwean political commentator.
• Clear hijacking. It happened to me but I stopped it. Typical work of CIO, causing confusion and havoc. Let’s unite against such thugs.’ Betty Makoni. Founder of Girl Child Network.
Continuing on the theme of Zimbabweans and money, Vigil supporters were not surprised that Chitingwiza town council has spent $500,000 on cars for the town clerk and three other council officials. And we note that Mugabe has given US$50,000 to Wendall Parson, co-winner of this year's Big Brother Africa reality show who had already received loads of money from the competition.
He would have been better advised to donate this money to the starving millions in the horn of Africa. We have heard about the UN’s appeal for going-on half a billion dollars for the annual Zimbabwe humanitarian aid necessary because of his misgovernance – but we have yet to hear how much Mugabe is giving to save the starving children on whose behalf he was speaking at the UN conference on youth a couple of weeks ago.
One of our supporters Louisa Musaerenge said she had received the following threatening email apparently targeting Vigil supporters: ‘Murikupedza nguva muchiimba ku London pasi peziso ra baba Mugabe kupusa chose ticha kubvumburisai one by one you want boiling oil over you heads your brain has bin frozen there come here we sort you out dogs of english man.’
FOR THE RECORD: 59 signed the register.
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