"Whether Something Will Come Out Of It Or Not" - ED Speaks On Anti-Sanctions March

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that the Anti-Sanctions campaign will go on although that does not guarantee their removal.

Speaking in an interview with Russian News Agency, Sputnik, ahead of the Russia-Africa Summit which opens here today, Mnangagwa said:

As Zimbabwe, we have always spoken against sanctions. As SADC we have been speaking against sanctions and also as African Union (AU). But at this particular event, the region has taken the matter to another level, whereas a region on one day, on the 25th of October, SADC will demonstrate against these sanctions.

Whether something will come out it or not, our voice as SADC will be heard. I am told that because of sanctions, Zimbabwe has lost billions and billions of dollars both in terms of investments and loss of lines of credit from international global capital.

Meanwhile, there are some analysts who have argued that the anti-sanctions campaign without addressing fundamentals such as upholding the constitution and human rights provided in it thereof was a wild goose chase since sanctions were imposed for alleged human rights abuses.

They also say that it is a waste of the taxpayers’ money considering that the event, as reports say, requires about $4 million dollars.

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