On Tuesday President Emmerson Mnangagwa called on Zimbabweans who may have illegally externalised funds to return them within 3 months without fear of prosecution. Mnangagwa warned that those who did not would face prosecution once the three months had elapsed.
Here is how some Zimbabweans on social media responded to the President’s Directive:
Would this apply to Mugabe and family too? Or does immunity protect their funds?? Just curious… either way this president is hitting the ground running! https://t.co/hVNnvgb7zv
— Chelle (@ChelleChipato) November 28, 2017
My question is,in this dead economy where was this externalised money being found. Am I missing something here
— Raymond Majongwe (@RMajongwe) November 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/GomoDubi/status/935513643243966464
#Zimbabwe New President Mnangagwa hits the ground running! Excellent step in the right direction. https://t.co/71dKnd6dkX
— Trudy Stevenson 🇿🇼 (@ambatrud) November 28, 2017
Probably doing it so he can also return the funds he externalised. But it's fine. Clean slate https://t.co/nMhZbn4irz
— Don Pablo (@Don_Chorleone_) November 28, 2017
But half a loaf is better than nothing blaz. Imagine if we were to recover just half or even a quarter of what Grace and her brats and all the other mashefu externalized. The bulk of that $15bln diamond loot was externalized, no doubt. But ka1 tikawana hedu chero $5bln chete
— Tich Ray (@TichRay) November 28, 2017
its high time they should use gov letter heads https://t.co/CbduHtNlwe
— Salisbury Resident 🇿🇼🇿🇼 (@Supapepo) November 28, 2017
Massive panic grips Harare as Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces a 3-month amnesty for crooks to surrender all funds and assets which were smuggled out of the country. Wanya tsotsi!!
— Brezh Malaba (@BrezhMalaba) November 28, 2017
Did Mr Mugabe leave with headed paper and the seal of the President's office? It's hard to know what to believe. https://t.co/LFPfQ84PQb
— Alex T Magaisa 🇿🇼 (@Wamagaisa) November 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/joeblackzw/status/935499855782404096
I think that's a very diplomatic way to do it, although I doubt anyone will actually comply. https://t.co/n7q1BiLNlt
— someone said it, init🇿🇼 (@SadzaWithSoul) November 28, 2017
Hokoyo na ED. Hopefully not the same rhetoric we are used to under Mugabe rule! https://t.co/9cXWW7NMw9
— David M Mhambare. (@dmmhambare) November 28, 2017
True. Even @Hon_Maziwisa and @OscarPambuka1 should return money stolen from ZESA!
— Fredo (@tatendeka) November 28, 2017
How much is "huge somes of money"?
Where was it "externalised" to and by whom?
If they were really serious they would say "A,B & C stole X amount and externalised it to Z… we want this money back!"— Tungi Mu (@TungiMu) November 28, 2017
It's this naivety that got Zimbabweans worshiping Mugabe into this abyss we find ourselves in. Let's hold our horses for now. Leadership isn't ABC, soon we will see where we're being taken #Focus
— Julian G. Chidzidzi (@ChidzidziG) November 28, 2017
While they are at it please can the Competition and Tariffs Commission reign in the extortionate hiking of prices by retailers. #Collusion
— Lenox Mhlanga (@lenoxmhlanga) November 28, 2017
I hope Wicknell and Obert Mpofu are listening,Chatunga nad Robert Mugabe too. #Bringbackthemoney
— Rocket Man (@theozimbo) November 28, 2017
Why is the nigga playing deaf and dumb when we want answers or whereabouts of our 15$ billion. Because they are trying by all means to distract us by focusing on those petty thieves . Why not focus all that vigilance on securing back $15billion dollars
— the ghorst (@theghorst) November 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/simbamupiwi/status/935511031413166080
ED's 3 months ultimatum is a step in the right direction. But it must be understood y pple some spirited $ out of the system. They had no confidence in it. That's must be fixed at a policy level. The flip-side is its 3 months to cover tracks@chitaganya @mayor_justice @chitaganya
— mmatigari (@matigary) November 28, 2017
sounds very exciting and promising.why don’t we have a whistleblowers’ hotline or email address where we can give his excellency information about people who externalised including Lacoste figures then we see what happens.
Eddie