HARARE, August 6 2008 - The Zimbabwe National Students’ Union (ZINASU)has petitioned the Botswana government to deport former Herald political editor, Caesar Zvayi, who recently quit the State-controlled publication to work as a lecturer at the University of Botswana.

Zvayi, a former geography teacher accused of promoting hate language on behalf of the President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party, quit The Herald last month. He was reported to have landed a job as a media lecturer at the University of Botswana.

In a petition to Botswana President Ian Seretse Khama on Tuesday, ZINASU called on the Botswana government to continue piling the pressure on Zimbabwe, by standing against Mugabe and expelling his lieutenants such as Zvayi.

“Your Excellency, we salute and commend your efforts in not recognizing and condemning the 27 June one-man election in Zimbabwe,” reads the petition to Khama.

In the petition, the students’ union said Zvayi propagated hate among Zimbabweans and should not be accommodated in Botswana.

“Your country is a good model of a democracy and good governance in Africa and people like Zvayi should not be accommodated as they propagated hate among Zimbabweans because of his vitriolic writings in the daily newspaper,” adds the statement.

Two weeks ago, Zvayi and his former colleague at the Sunday Mail, Munyaradzi Huni, were included in a revised list of targeted sanctions by the European Union and the United States government.