Zanu PF Dumps Mourners At US Embassy

“We are from Masvingo, we were supposed to attend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s grandson’s funeral, but it’s unfortunate that we were bused to the United States Embassy to attend the anti sanctions march. We are now hungry and have no food or water” said an elderly lady who claimed to be a Zanu Pf supporter from Masvingo in a video that is circulating on social media.

The disgruntled activist goes on to allege that they were bused from Masvingo on the pretext of attending the funeral of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s grandson who died of respiratory failure. She claimed that due to corruption, the “mourner” were denied food and water by those in charge of organizing the march.

“We came from Masvingo, the food is stashed inside the tents, and it seems it’s only meant for those from Harare. Some of us are on medication, the situation is out of hand for us without food,” said the lady, clad in Apostolic Church regalia.

Asked about the impact of sanctions on youths, another Zanu Pf activist said, “We don’t care about these sanctions, what we want is the government to address issues of drug abuse among youths, we want the problem solved.”

Meanwhile the United Kingdom added it’s voice to the raging sanctions debate, stating that the Uk only sanctioned five individuals who it said are responsible for corruption and abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe.

“To be absolutely clear, the UK has targeted sanctions on five Zimbabwean officials and one entity for human rights violations and serious corruption,” reads the Britain Embassy statement Tuesday.

“The five individuals are Owen Ncube, Isaac Moyo, Godwin Matanga, Anselem Sanyatwe and Kudakwashe Tagwirei. The entity is the Zimbabwe Defence Industries. These measures do not affect trade or economic development.

“Trade between UK and Zimbabwe was 175 million USD last year
We are working hard to increase this.” added the UK Embassy’s statement.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwean government critics accuse Mnangagwa’s administration of blaming sanctions for the country’s economic woes, while downplaying high level corruption that has hemorrhaged the once prosperous nation’s economy.