Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Victoria Falls last Thursday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to remove the State House roads curfew. He said passing through Chancellor Avenue between State House and Zimbabwe House in Harare between 6PM and 6AM allow will now be free passage at all times.
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Mnangagwa said the restriction was introduced in the 1980s after some people fired rockets at Zimbabwe House prompting the government to tighten security. Said Mnangagwa:
I am not sure at your age if you understand why this happened, it was in the 1980s when some people driving along Chancellor Road fired rockets onto Zimbabwe House. So we didn’t want that possibility of people using proximity to Zimbabwe House and we closed that road between 6PM and 6AM because the incident happened at night. It is my belief that the possibility of such a thing is now very remote. I have no doubt and have confidence in our own people that they have respect for our own institutions. It is my view that if we do well and if we are all united there is no need for firing rockets. We can’t force respect through such means so I am going to make sure that closing is removed because after all we have security patrolling so why not allow people freedom.
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