Speaking at the launch of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2017, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi urged the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to revise their policing culture arguing that Zimbabwe is not a war or conflict zone.
Said Mzembi:
We are not asking not to be policed. We want to be policed according to international benchmarks. We are not a war zone. We are not a conflict zone, but we want to be policed decently so that we facilitate legitimate travel.
Mzembi also condemned the use of spikes and said him calling out ZRP’s policing is not sabotage but a plea for improved policing. Said Mzembi:
I do not know where there is a workshop that makes these things, but perhaps maybe only in Zimbabwe. We should not try to do things that are questionable to the international best practices.
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