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President Mnangagwa releases #August1Inquiry report.
Key findings:
• Deaths were caused by the actions of the military & police
• Use of live ammunition, sjamboks and batons disproportionate
• Political rhetoric incited violence
• Victims’ families must be compensated
Key findings:
• Deaths were caused by the actions of the military & police
• Use of live ammunition, sjamboks and batons disproportionate
• Political rhetoric incited violence
• Victims’ families must be compensated
Key recommendations of the Motlanthe #August1Inquiry commission;
• Provide medical support for injured
• Legislation to shorten time taken to announce presidential election results
• Retrain ZRP to make it professional, non-partisan
• Provide medical support for injured
• Legislation to shorten time taken to announce presidential election results
• Retrain ZRP to make it professional, non-partisan
Motlanthe commission says the army must conduct “an immediate and full audit“ into its operations on crowd control, and make public a report on the “lessons learnt”, and on what safeguards it is making to ensure events of August 1 are not repeated.
