Commission calls for probe into power cut during President Mnangagwa’s SONA

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has called for an investigation into the power outage that disrupted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) at Parliament on October 28 and described the incident as suspicious and potentially an act of sabotage.

The Commission said in a communique that it was deeply concerned that the blackout occurred for the second consecutive year during the President’s address to a joint sitting of Parliament.

“Given the recurrence of this unfortunate power outage at the seat of the Legislature, the ZHRC is deeply concerned with what seems to be acts of mischief and sabotage,” reads the statement.

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