‘We are going to burn you with tires’

Scores of Zimbabwean and other immigrants in South Africa are making their way out of local communities amid mounting fears of xenophobic violence. Civil society organizations and churches are among those who have warned for potential attacks on foreigners after the World Cup. Several Zimbabweans quoted by South African newspaper Cape Argus, said they received threats from neighbours or were being asked by their landlords to leave.

Meanwhile the outreach process in Zimbabwe faced more controversy as the two co-chairpersons of the constitution making process Paul Mangwana (ZANU PF) and Douglas Mwonzora (MDC-T) on Sunday gave permission for the police to arrest independent monitors, who they say are interfering in the process and are peddling lies. It is feared that many other monitors from civil society organizations could disappear into the clutches of the police following this command.

On return to Zimbabwe, Minister of Mines Mpofu, was alleged to have misinformed the Cabinet on the outcomes of the KP meeting in Israel, saying Zimbabwe was allowed to export diamonds under Kimberley certification.

In Europe, a high level Ministerial delegation of Zimbabweans met with the Vice President of the European Union Catherine Ashton, who urged them to ‘further concrete progress’.