Chief Superintended Govu, who oversees policing duties in most of the districts in Matabeleland North, has been branded ‘a ZANU PF activist in police uniform.’
There have been whispers going around Bulawayo that the police boss is trying to protect ZANU PF by making sure he bans all other parties from spreading their influence in the province.
In the past months Govu’s latest ban has been to stop Bulawayo Agenda from holding peace soccer tournaments as part of its constitutional awareness programmes. The civic organisation planned to hold soccer tournaments in Nkayi, Tsholotsho and Lupane.
Busani Ncube, Bulawayo Agenda’s programmes officer, told SW Radio Africa on Monday that they’ve been blocked from educating villagers on how to evaluate a good constitution ahead of the referendum.
‘We don’t need permission to hold such meetings but the law says we must notify the police, but we have done that several times and we have been blocked for no apparent reasons,’ Ncube said.
Bulawayo Agenda is a civil organisation that provides an apolitical platform for people to express their views and debate matters that affect their lives.
Ncube believes the police are a problem as many are strong supporters of ZANU PF and don’t want to see other organisations having meetings in the province.
‘We know the reason why they don’t let us have our tournaments and meetings. We have a police force that thinks any meeting convened by a civic organisation is to be used to undermine a certain political party. – Swradio africa
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