BY MOSES CHIBAYA
THE banning of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from assisting disadvantaged members of the society in Masvingo province is set to worsen the plight of communities already afflicted by hunger following poor harvest last season, civil society organisations have warned.
Masvingo provincial governor Titus Maluleke last week announced that he had banned 29 NGOs operating in the province for failing to register with his office.

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CZC) director, MacDonald Lewanika, said the ban was likely to worsen the humanitarian crisis prevailing in Masvingo Province.
Lewanika dismissed Maluleke’s ban as a nullity and encouraged the NGOs to continue with their operations.

“The affected NGOs should ignore the order by the governor and continue to carry out their interventions in the province,” said Lewanika.
The province is facing massive food shortages and many households are in need of urgent food relief. It is estimated that over 93 000 households are in urgent need of food in Masvingo.

Lewanika said there is no legal obligation for a NGO to register with Maluleke’s office or any other provincial governor’s Office.
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairman Dr Lovemore Madhuku also dismissed the ban.

“The statement doesn’t make sense, it is a completely stupid statement from a governor in Masvingo,” said Madhuku.

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