{"id":25971,"date":"2020-08-02T19:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=25971"},"modified":"2020-08-02T19:54:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T17:54:03","slug":"time-for-sadc-to-confront-zimbabwe-head-on-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/time-for-sadc-to-confront-zimbabwe-head-on-opinion","title":{"rendered":"Time For SADC To Confront Zimbabwe Head-on \u2013 OPINION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s high time that Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries abandon the \u201cnon-interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country\u201d principle and confront Zimbabwe for going rogue, writes Jamie Mighti.<\/p>\n<p>The recent arrests and denial of bail for Hopewell Chin\u2019ono, a Harvard trained investigative journalist, and Jacob Ngarivhume, an opposition politician, and the arrest of MDC Alliance activists who alleged abduction, torture and s_xual molestation is deeply repulsive and calls for SADC intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for NewZimbabwe.com Mighti asserted that Zanu-PF can no longer be declared legitimate custodians of democracy and should, therefore, be confronted by regional countries. He said:<\/p>\n<p>It can honestly be said that Zanu-PF has reached that same standard of illegitimacy [comparable to racist settler governments].<\/p>\n<p>They can no longer be declared legitimate custodians of democracy and are acting in ways that subvert the will, the well-being, and the legitimate aspirations of the people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PC61axPV\">\n<div class=\"ad-links-inside\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s high time that Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries abandon the \u201cnon-interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country\u201d principle and confront Zimbabwe for going rogue, writes Jamie Mighti. 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