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News / National’Mnangagwa is panicking’by Staff reporter3 mins ago |7ViewsLaw enforcement officers on Tuesday disrupted the launch of a campaign opposing alleged plans by the ruling Zanu-PF party to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term beyond 2028, but opposition figures say they remain determined to resist any constitutional amendment.Police reportedly stormed the SAPES Trust offices in Harare, where opposition politicians Tendai Biti, Job Sikhala, Munyaradzi Gwisai, and Jacob Ngarivhume were due to address the media and civil society representatives.The meeting, aimed at mobilising resistance against what organisers describe as a “term-extension plot” to keep Mnangagwa in power until 2030, was cut short after officers ordered participants to disperse.Sources also alleged that the SAPES Trust conference room had been petrol-bombed earlier in the day by suspected state agents, damaging property and heightening tensions.Speaking after the disruption, Sikhala vowed that the opposition would not be silenced.”It shows the state of national panic,” he said.
“You can see the riot police approaching right now – this is a dictatorship in panic. But Zimbabweans must not panic.
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