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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwean opposition parties have slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi for allegedly encouraging and participating in partisan politics during his solidarity visit to the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union \u2013Patriotic Front (ZANU- PF) last week.<\/b><\/p>\n

Welcomed for the country\u2019s Agricultural Show, by well-wishers dressed mostly in ZANU PF regalia, Masisi said, \u201cBotswana continues to call for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe. We just came from our elective congress and ZANU PF was represented well. The two parties have relations, we are friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Masisi\u2019s remarks have drawn criticism from the country\u2019s opposition parties.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Botswana Gazette, Citizen Coalition Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said that it is \u201cregrettable\u201dand \u201cundiplomatic\u201d for Masisi to make a state visit so brazenly partisan while, \u201cclosing one\u2019s eyes to the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe find it odd that at a time when ZANU PF is consumed with bad governance, violating human rights and victimizing the alternative, a head of State would stand in solidarity with such conduct. Any solidarity with persecution of citizens, weaponizing the law against the opponent and causing mass suffering is not good solidarity. Solidarity must be with the citizens who are flooding neighbouring countries on account of bad governance, injustice and bad governance. The region must come together to ensure there is electoral reform in Zimbabwe so we do not have another disputed election next year,\u201d Mahere said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMasisi was called by ZANU PF as another mouth piece for its call for the removal of targeted sanctions. He missed the point on migration challenges in Botswana as well as the golden opportunity to call ZANU PF to order. The oppression of citizens and the arrest of opposition members should have been the topic of discussion. This was indeed a wasted opportunity to bring the Zimbabwean issues to the fore not for peer reviewing each other,\u201d said Transform Zimbabwe President, Jacob Ngarivhume.<\/p>\n

At the time of going to press the Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation Dr Lemogang Kwape was yet to respond to enquiries.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Zimbabwean opposition parties have slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi for allegedly encouraging and participating in partisan politics during his solidarity visit to the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union \u2013Patriotic Front (ZANU- PF) last week. Welcomed for the country\u2019s Agricultural Show, by well-wishers dressed mostly in ZANU PF regalia, Masisi said, \u201cBotswana continues to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,10,12,16],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-13451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nZim Opposition Slams Masisi\u2019s Trip - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zimbabwean opposition parties have slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi for allegedly encouraging and participating in ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zim Opposition Slams Masisi\u2019s Trip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zimbabwean opposition parties have slammed President Mokgweetsi Masisi for allegedly encouraging and participating in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-07T11:15:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-07T12:39:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_27-631890d973dda.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zim Opposition Slams Masisi\u2019s Trip\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-07T11:15:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-07T12:39:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_27-631890d973dda.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/zim-opposition-slams-masisis-trip\",\"name\":\"Zim Opposition Slams Masisi\u2019s Trip - 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