Justice, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi justified the imposition of a curfew in high density suburbs by members of the security forces.
Ziyambi was responding to Paurina Mpariwa who had asked if Zimbabwe has a state of emergency which leads to the imposition of a curfew. Mpariwa said people in high density areas are denied to move around after sometime in the evening. However Ziyambi said the curfew is meant to make sure peace loving Zimbabweans are free to move at night. Said Ziyambi:
Mr. Speaker Sir, if you look at why there is this undeclared curfew, the reason was that these hooligans and looters were making people going about their business pay some passage fee because the roads had been barricaded and to get through that barricade you had to pay a certain amount. As a result, the Ministry of Home Affairs moved in swiftly so that people could move freely. The peace loving Zimbabweans were afraid to move at night because of these hooligans. What is happening is that the Ministry of Home Affairs has said there should be police officers who will patrol these areas and protect innocent civilians from these hooligans and thugs who will be barricading the roads.