ARMY KILLINGS
Kgalema Motlanthe to head Zimbabwe poll probe
At least six people were shot dead on August 1 in Harare during protests by opposition supporters
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has been appointed by the Zimbabwean government to head a seven-member commission of inquiry to probe deadly violence that tainted the country’s July 30 elections. At least six people were shot dead on August 1 in Harare during protests by opposition supporters protesting over alleged vote-rigging by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, which announced the ruling Zanu-PF party had won the elections. Videos showing soldiers firing live ammunition at unarmed protesters and beating up civilians drew widespread international condemnation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in Harare on Wednesday that other members of the committee were former Commonwealth head Chief Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, Robin Dickson of the UK, Gen Davis Mwamunyange from Tanzania and locals Lovemore Madhuku, Charity Manyeruke and Vimbai Nyemba. "We have consulted all the seven and they have all agreed. Arrangements will be made for them to come and be resident in Zimbabwe during the ...
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