Well, the three may have a case to answer regarding the flash demonstration, but what concerns me is the fact that the minister refused to answer a simple question he had been asked about what is being done to investigate their abduction.

The question put to Ziyambi by Mwonzora was: “On the abduction and torture of three girls, including an MP Joanah Mamombe, at the hands of State agents last week, what has government done about the incident?

And he says all this when Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe is telling the world that an investigation is being undertaken: “While circumstances pertaining to the whole case are not clear, my ministry has directed the Commissioner-General of Police to institute full-scale investigations into the matter.

International intervention is really crucial at this stage, especially as reports begin to emerge that persons found discussing the abduction are being brutally attacked by suspected Zanu PF and government agents throughout the country.

A credible news report recently had it that Moreblessing Nyambara, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe national secretary for gender and social welfare is currently nursing severe injuries after six men believed to be State security agents tortured her in Domboshava over a video she posted on social media protesting the abduction of the three MDC Alliance officials.