Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo denies crisis in-country

HARARE: Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo has denied the depiction of his country as being in crisis, saying activities were "stage-managed" to manipulate the perception of the international community.

He also denied that there were human rights violations being perpetrated by the state against its citizens, and challenged purveyors of such information to provide evidence of such activities, Xinhua news agency reported. The negative reflection of Zimbabwe on social media was internally generated and intended to reach foreign destinations, particularly ahead of international and regional summits, The Herald newspaper quoted Moyo as saying.

"There is no crisis in Zimbabwe. There are challenges, which are found in any other nation," he said.

He called on Zimbabweans to be patriotic and said that there should be dialogue whenever necessary to deal with sticky issues.

"The whole gamut of issues has been associated with activities that have been stage-managed to a point that they are seen as real. As Zimbabweans, we must be Zimbabweans first. That must be our priority.

"It is pointless to destroy your home as if you have a second country. If there are issues that are not better understood, there must be dialogue," Moyo said.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC), of which Zimbabwe is a member, held its ordinary heads of state and government summit at the beginning of the week and did not raise any issues about the situation in Zimbabwe. (IANS) 

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