Masvingo
Discrimination
Unlawful Detention
Displacement
Kidnapping/abduction
Total
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to personal liberty
Property rights
Right to personal liberty
2
2
2
1
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harassed and assaulted by Zanu PF youths and leaders who campaigned for the Zanu PF
candidate Keith Guzah. The political violations in Hurungwe West also affected other
areas of Mashonaland West such as Zvimba West where some touts at Murombedzi Bus
terminus were banned from the area for campaigning for Mliswa.
On 1 May Zanu PF youths were to be allocated land that was set aside for them
in Mhangura. It is reported a local business man Masango paid the land officer
Simon Makwikwi and got 5 pieces of land earmarked for the youths. However
some of the youths were not allocated the land.
On 29 May 2015 in Magunje some women who stay at 2.2 Barracks who had
shown interest to observe elections in Hurungwe West under the Catholic
Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) were threatened by
army leaders. Those whose spouses are teachers were told their husbands would
be chased from the barracks while those whose husbands are soldiers were told
their husbands would be victimised
On 29 May 2015 a Zanu PF member was assaulted by other Zanu PF members
after he had been suspended from the provincial structures. Gilbert Muchenje
led the group that assaulted the victim as he was accused of belonging to the
Mujuru faction. This took place at Rimuka stadium in Kadoma
Harassment/Intimidation
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
11
Discrimination
Displacement
Theft/Looting
Assault
Total
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Property rights
Property rights
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
1
1
1
1
15
Efforts to kill the ‘gamatox’ group political careers permanently are underway as a team
comprising Titus Maluleke former provincial Governor and former MP Honourable
Abraham Sithole are moving around the constituencies mobilizing party structures to
propose and forward a vote of no confidence in seating MPs [Honourable Denford
Masiya- Chiredzi East, Darlington Chiwa-Chiredzi West, Callisto Gwanetsa –Chiredzi
South]
On the 4th of May, AldermanTsere and Zanu PF activists disrupted a Masvingo
Urban Resident Association (MURA) meeting at Civic Centre claiming the
association was a front for opposition parties. The committee was discussing
how best they could work with the City Council in service delivery when
Alderman Tsere and some youths threatened the association members. Fearing
for their lives, the members dispersed peacefully.
The Minister of Provincial Affairs Shuvai Mahofa on the 13th of May 2015
ordered Hippo Valley to surrender sugar cane plots ready for harvesting to
blacks within 2 weeks from the 15th of May. She gave the orders at a rally in
Chiredzi.
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