Zim Fail To Prove Allegations Against Botswana

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For the third time, Zimbabwe has failed to produce evidence that Botswana is training opposition youth to destabilise the government of President Robert Mugabe. Last week at a meeting of the SADC Task Force chosen to probe the matter, a Zimbabwe delegation led by Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Joey Bimha failed to produce documentary proof as requested.

The director of Research and Information at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Clifford Maribe told the Monitor on Saturday that the Zimbabweans came empty-handed at the meeting. Zimbabwe failed to provide evidence when it first made the allegations at a SADC meeting in Maputo last month. It was the same story when it repeated the allegations at another meeting in South Africa.

"They had three opportunities to provide SADC with evidence, especially when they first raised the allegations in Maputo, and then in South Africa. Now they were expected to help with some vital documents to support their stand, but they did not bring anything at the meeting last week," Maribe said.

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