8 January 2009
No Coup for You!
Posted by admin under: International .
Apparently Zimbabwe is a bad place to be a Boy Scout outdoor skills trainer.
A heavily armed group of security agents, some arriving by helicopter, stormed an outdoor training camp on the outskirts of Harare on Friday night under the pretext that training of insurgents was underway in military strategies in preparation for a coup against the government.
The camp site, Kudu Creek, which trains boy scouts, tourists and others in outdoor living, is located along Gardner Road in Ruwa. It is owned by Angus Thompson and Gary Nestead. The invaders of the camp site allege that Thompson and Nestead are former members of the Rhodesian Security Forces infamous Selous Scouts.
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Thompson and Nestead have run the Ruwa training camp for five years. They offer training in adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for young people.
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“There was nothing at the place except equipment used to train tourists in outdoor adventures such as bungee jumping and mountain climbing,” said a police source.
“There were also receipts from schools which have sent their pupils to be trained as scouts at the place. It was just a waste of state resources because some of the people who were taken together with the owners of the place turned up to be mere gardeners.
“These people surely did not commit any crime.”
I think I’ll pass on the Zimbabwe High Adventure program, too.
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