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just read a strange article
in Bulawayo 24 saying THE
that I am wanted for
unspecified “legal issues” COST OF
I - not criminal issues - and
apparently the CID are looking for
me for these “legal issues”. The FIGHTING
only problem is the CID investigate
crimes and when one commits FOR AFRICA
crimes, they know how to get that
person.
By: Rutendo Matinyarare
Right now I am in Zimbabwe and
many members of the security Harare Zimbabwe
service know where to find me.
What is interesting is that I, the
man who fought hard to remove media fighting for Zimbabwe’s image, they pretended
sanctions on our nation and to like I didn’t exist. So why this frenzy about me all of
rejuvenate brand Zimbabwe on a sudden?
international media platforms, have
become vilified ever since I exposed The first mistake I made was publicly leading the
Innscor for selling GMOs laced fight against sanctions; going to court against the
with toxic chemicals, illegally in Americans; getting Congress to contact me; getting
Zimbabwe. them to do an impact assessment of their sanctions
which led to the report that asked Biden to remove
sanctions - when everyone expected us to fail -
In just the last six months, a
predominantly Ndebele-controlled and then having the balls to write about how we
media has written over nine specifically got the sanctions removed.
negative articles about me. In these
articles, they have characterized Second and more problematic, our success closed
me as a ZANU PF activist, national a lot of doors for people who were making easy
security threat, convict and now money from sanctions. These include those who were
a wanted legal delinquent, all importing GMO maize into a country without cabinet
because I dared to expose Innscor permission since maize production was stifled by
for smuggling illegal GMOs with sanctions.
cancer-causing chemicals.
Yet, when I was fighting sanctions This group especially feels hard done because when
and appearing in international sanctions were removed, they continued to make
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