{"id":2881,"date":"2019-01-31T20:27:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2019-01-31T20:27:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:27:56","slug":"dont-go-to-zim-maimane-they-wont-let-you-in-southafrica-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/dont-go-to-zim-maimane-they-wont-let-you-in-southafrica-ambassador","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t go to Zim, Maimane, they won\u2019t let you in \u2013 SouthAfrica ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-top\">\n<div class=\"newsarticle-summary\">FILE PICTURE: Mmusi Maimane speaks about being barred from entering Zambia. May, 2017. Mphakama Mbete has warned the DA leader that his trip could be like \u2018Zambia\u2019 all over again.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsarticle-summary\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The South African ambassador to Zimbabwe,\u00a0Mphakama Mbete, has warned DA leader Mmusi Maimane not to meddle in Zimbabwean politics, warning him that he may be turned away from the airport, much like he was from Zambia in 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoomzimbabwe.com\/2019\/01\/31\/sa-envoy-warns-da-leader-amid-fears-zimbabwe-could-deport-maimane-the-zambian-way\/\">Zoom Zimbabwe<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tzb016\" class=\"tzbAdvert\" data-google-query-id=\"CPHG0d7smOACFU2xewoddvgFHg\">\n<div class=\"single-content\">\n<p>Maimane was prevented from entering Zambia in May 2017. He had travelled to the country to \u201cattend and observe\u201d the treason trial of Zambian opposition leader\u00a0Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p>\n<p>According to then DA national spokesperson Phumzile Van Damme, Maimane was there in support of Hichilema. He had been outspoken against what the DA called the \u201ctrumped-up charges\u201d against the opposition leader, who the party believed was \u201cunduly persecuted by his government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mbete told Zoom Zimbabwe that Maimane \u201ccould be deported at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport by the Zimbabwe government the same way he was deported at the Kenneth Kaunda international airport in May 2017\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Maimane announced that he would be travelling to Zimbabwe to meet Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the country\u2019s main opposition, the MDC, as well as former MDC leader Tendai Biti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of this visit is to seek practical solutions to the ongoing crisis, and garner support across the region for much-needed intervention in Zimbabwe,\u201d Maimane said.<\/p>\n<p>Maimane\u2019s involvement in the situation in Zimbabwe was met with an attack from the country\u2019s ruling party Zanu PF.<\/p>\n<p>The party accused the DA leader of adopting an \u201caggressive posture for the gallery\u201d on Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Zanu PF publication\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bulawayo24.com\/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-154925.html\">Bulawayo 24<\/a>\u00a0reported on Wednesday that\u00a0Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo dismissed Maimane\u2019s views on the urgent need for intervention in Zimbabwe as \u201chogwash\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly, Moyo dismissed Maimane\u2019s pronouncement on Tuesday that he would approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding the situation in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Moyo said the country had nothing to fear from the ICC, as they weren\u2019t a member of it and \u201chave no relationship with them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi, meanwhile, called Maimane a \u201creckless politician funded by [an] ex-Rhodesian unhappy with our land reform\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mutodi made the news on Wednesday for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citizen.co.za\/news\/news-africa\/2073569\/zim-internet-was-shut-down-because-our-people-are-backward-mutodi\/\">defending the recent internet shutdown<\/a>\u00a0in Zimbabwe and saying the government wouldn\u2019t hesitate to enforce one again.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mutodi, the shutdown was necessary because the people of the country were \u201cbackward\u201d and \u201cprimitive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The DA reportedly feel intervention is needed in Zimbabwe, particularly because they feel President Cyril Ramaphosa is not doing enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo date, Ramaphosa has simply called for the end to sanctions against Zimbabwe. The president is mistaken to focus solely on the economic situation in Zimbabwe whilst turning a blind eye to the dictator-like military clampdown on citizens which has to date claimed the lives of at least 12 people,\u201d said a DA statement released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Widespread unrest in Zimbabwe was sparked when President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a crippling fuel hike which saw the country\u2019s petrol price more than double on January 14.<\/p>\n<p>The country was already struggling through a financial crisis which had driven the price of fuel, food, and other commodities up beyond what many Zimbabweans could afford.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-post-navigation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PICTURE: Mmusi Maimane speaks about being barred from entering Zambia. May, 2017. Mphakama Mbete has warned the DA leader that his trip could be like \u2018Zambia\u2019 all over again. 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