THE Zimbabwe government has warned it will crack down on non-governmental organisations, churches and opposition officials involved in ”subversive” activities, the Sunday News reported.
Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo told the state-run newspaper that the government was aware of ”churches, NGOs and human rights groups that are actively involved in undermining the nation’s internal security.”
Foreigners ”masterminding such acts” will be deported, Nkomo told the paper, which is based in the second city of Bulawayo.
Several rights groups in Zimbabwe have angered the government with allegations of abuses in the run-up to bitterly-fought presidential polls in March. Some church leaders have also criticised the government.
In the newspaper Nkomo warned that opposition members ”who make statements agitating for war” would be arrested, in an apparent reference to recent statements by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials.
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has refused to accept President Robert Mugabe’s re-election, last weekend told a rally in Masvingo city that his party would organise a national strike if Mugabe did not agree to a re-run. ? AFP
