Police ban referendum meeting

Police yesterday cancelled a public debate meeting on the forthcoming referendum which was supposed to take place at the Media Centre in central Harare.

Director of the Media Centre Energy Mudzengi yesterday confirmed the incident saying the police had phoned him in the morning before the event to announce the meeting had not been cleared by them.

One of the delegates, Job Sikhala, said the cancellation showed Zimbabwe was under a dictatorship bent on thwarting democratic voice.