Theft/looting
Discrimination
Unlawful Detention
Total
Property rights
Right to food, education
Right to personal liberty
3
1
1
27
Mash
East
Harassment/intimidation
Discrimination
Unlawful Detention
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to personal liberty
16
3
2
12
On 11 May two gold panners lost $1,500 to Mrs Mbereko a Zanu PF women’s
league member at Ashley Gold milling. She arrived at the mill and took the
money from them as they were waiting for their gold to be processed. They had
been at Kitsiyatota in Bindura South where they did artisanal mining. The case
was reported to the police who did not take action as the woman is influential in
the party and is feared
A member of the Garikai development committee was assaulted by a young
man of 22 years during a development meeting in Bindura South. His parents
were members of the old development committee who were replaced by the
new committee after being accused of incompetence and misappropriating
funds collected from members. During a meeting on 9 May the old committee
suggested that the new committee be removed to make way for the
reappointment of the old to pave the way for the development of the area and
install taps for running water. The victim openly condemned the old committee
for abusing people’s money. This infuriated the youth who then assaulted the
victim at Garikai Shopping Centre in ward 12 in Bindura South. The old
committee members who had the support of Zanu PF leaders organised to have
the new committee beaten up and abducted by state agents after reporting at the
local President’s offices. The 3 members of the new committee were called to
the President’s offices in Bindura to explain their case in the presence of the
councillor and Zanu PF leaders. It was at this meeting that they discovered that
the old committee members had organised to have them punished and demoted.
The perpetrators were the chairperson of the old committee Elliot Chihota and
his vice chairperson Paradzai Kamuriwo.
On 4 May a group of about 60 people marched to Guruve hospital, police and
CIO offices to demonstrate against corruption of the officials at these
institutions. In the evening a CIO agent at Guruve Growth Point called
Manyame went to two of the demonstrators and the wife of one of the victims
and beat them up accusing them of leading the demonstration. Manyame is also
reported to have banned rank marshals from operating at the growth point
because they are said to be supporters of Mujuru’s ‘party’.
Factional wars that started in October 2014 are still affecting the province as issues of
suspensions and lifting of suspensions of leaders are still on the agenda. Paddy Zhanda
legislator of Goromonzi North and Petronella Kagonye of Goromonzi South had their