Security Agencies Unperturbed By Zim Vote Violence - Kgathi

Shaw Kgathi
Shaw Kgathi

FRANCISTOWN: Shaw Kgathi says Botswana has observed calm after a brief storm in the Zimbabwean elections, and is confident the political situation there will not totally spiral out of control.

This is following allegations that the ruling ZANU-PF rigged the elections in Zimbabwe. The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, was responding to The Monitor enquiry on whether Botswana’s security agencies had their ears on the ground in case of nasty eventualities occasioned by a clash between Zimbabwe’s security forces and supporters of Nelson Chamisa’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)and its Alliance on Wednesday.

The alleged MDC Alliance supporters were reportedly protesting against the elections that they claim were rigged by ZANU-PF, which is leading by a huge margin in the National Assembly polls in cohorts with the national election management body, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).

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