{"id":26406,"date":"2020-08-13T18:13:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=26406"},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:13:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:13:28","slug":"zimbabwe-security-sector-reforms-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-security-sector-reforms-debunked","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe security sector reforms debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US-funded studies on security sector reform in Zimbabwe have largely taken the radical view that more often than not, the military has acted undemocratically through uttering and overseeing an array of operations meant to stifle democracy. However, a Twitter user called Matigary has a different view. Below are his views on the so-called reforms.<\/p>\n<p>I used to talk with Tsvangirai for many years. Often he spoke about security sector reform. I realized later it wasn\u2019t his idea. It was a foreign<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heroes Thread: Security Sector Reform?<\/p>\n<p>1\/ I used to talk with Tsvangirai for many yrs. Often he spoke about security sector reform. I realized later it wasn\u2019t his idea. It was a foreign idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mavhure?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mavhure<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xandatoto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@xandatoto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maDube_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@maDube_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tafadzwamarere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tafadzwamarere<\/a> @advocatemnyama <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesBae007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamesBae007<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garweh2011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@garweh2011<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iTEcKyy3XL\">pic.twitter.com\/iTEcKyy3XL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmatigari (@matigary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matigary\/status\/1160808501981143048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity sector \u2018re-forms&#8217;\u201d are foreign agendas. Why wld foreigners who r not citizens want to \u201cre-form\u201d the security sector of Zimbabwe? Why wld ZDF allow it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US-funded studies on security sector reform in Zimbabwe have largely taken the radical view that more often than not, the military has acted undemocratically through uttering and overseeing an array of operations meant to stifle democracy. However, a Twitter user called Matigary has a different view. Below are his views on the so-called reforms. 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