Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo has dismissed claims of human rights violations in the country.
Speaking during post-Cabinet media briefing, Moyo said political dust in the country is usually raised whenever there is an international event such as the just ended Sadc summit and the African Union conference in order to draw international attention.
“There can be a propagation of a crisis in Zimbabwe. You and I know that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe. There are challenges, which are found in any other nation,” he said.
Moyo said if there are any human rights violations in the country they should be reported to the police or any other body responsible with dealing with such crimes of humanity.
He added that Zimbabwe is a peace loving nation which requires fans and not enemies.
“Negativity, which has recently mushroomed against Zimbabwe, let us look at what is the source. The source is internal, generated locally by our own people for the purpose of social media consumption so that it can reach certain personalities, destinations and capitals, which should respond negatively to Zimbabwe. That is the scenario. The consumer is social media and mostly those people who are outside,” said Minister Moyo.
“Yes, as a nation like any other country we have got challenges, especially under Covid-19. We have had lockdowns. For the past two decades we have been under sanctions and the economy has been limping. There is climate change, a direct consequence of drought, Cyclone Idai and lower generation of electricity. So there is less generation of food in the agriculture sector. Government has by all means developed strategies to arrest some of these challenges.”
