With low local transmission rates and an abysmal testing record, the question at the end of the day is: What inspired the indefinite lockdown?
There was the alleged abduction of MDC Alliance legislator Joanah Mamombe and her party colleagues and the latest being the arrest of Thabani Mpofu, a lawyer who has been a thorn in government’s flesh for the past couple of years.
My scepticism leads me to believe that the lockdown period gave the government, often conflated with the ruling party, the perfect opportunity to decimate the MDC Alliance once and for all.
It seems now Zanu PF is preparing to finally collapse the opposition MDC Alliance, its most formidable opponent at the moment and it could feel it is succeeding.
The MDC Alliance may not be to everyone’s liking, but for the sake of democracy and our country, we are in desperate need of a strong opposition that can keep the government on its toes and make it accountable to the people of Zimbabwe.