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Self-styled commander of Zimbabwe’s farm invasions, Joseph Chinotimba, has threatened to forcibly close the offices of independent newspapers over their alleged negative portrayal of the war veterans and President Robert Mugabe. Speaking to ‘The Standard’ this week, Chinotimba said the war veterans would close down the ‘Financial Gazette’, ‘Daily News’, ‘Zimbabwe Independent’ and ‘The Standard’ if the newspapers continued to write critical stories.
“Why don’t you write about the good works that we do? We are always portrayed in the press as villains. If this continues, we will come to your offices and teach you how to write. If you do not comply, we will close you down indefinitely. Don’t think you can divide us with your propaganda. In fact, you are uniting us more,” said Chinotimba. He described the war veterans as a peaceful group, being negatively portrayed in “rubbish and untrue” stories.
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