Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Discrimination
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
11
1
2
14
Harassment/Intimidation
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
14
Theft & Looting
Assault
Total
Property Rights
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
1
4
19
Masvingo
Mash West
Total
Joselyn.Chiwenga and had created a relation perceived to hinder progress under the
new management. To demonstrate his disconnect from his former wife, General
Chiwenga slashed 4 hectares of maize planted by Joselyn and indicated he does not
want to see her at the farm. Soldiers are now working as guards and foremen at the
farm.
There are reports that people in Mashonaland West are being forced to pay for Zanu PF
electronic cards regardless of their political affiliation. Party leaders in Mhangura,
Makonde and Hurungwe West were using these cards as a means to access agricultural
inputs. Some villagers are buying the cards out of fear as those without are viewed as
members of the opposition. The province had its share of conflicts emanating from
factionalism within Zanu PF.
Ø 3 October 2013- The First Lady held her first provincial rally in Chinhoyi. In her
speech she denounced the leadership in the province and accused them of being
corrupt and vowed to expose the rot in the province. As a gesture of good works she
brought 2kg bags of maize and bread for distribution among party members.
However, a whole truckload disappeared with the goods. It is believed Zanu PF
youths were responsible for the looting so that they could share among themselves.
Ø 9 October 2014- A Zanu PF provincial committee held a meeting at Chinhoyi
University of Technology Hotel and passed a vote of no confidence on the provincial
chairperson Temba Mliswa. Temba was accused of receiving funds from the
American Central Intelligence Agency, an accusation he refutes. The meeting was
violently disrupted by youths aligned to Mliswa. The operating environment within
Zanu PF remains tense as factionalism brews. Mliswa is viewed to belong to the
Mujuru faction while those bent to see his downfall are linked to the Mnangagwa
faction.
The province continued to experience intra-party conflicts both in the Zanu PF and
MDC-T as those vying for influential positions in their respective parties exchanged
insults and threats openly. Hate speeches characterised most of their meetings. The
MDC-T provincial congress held ahead of the national congress showed clear division
and conflict between party members supporting Nelson Chinamasa and those for
Douglas Mwanzora. Insults and hate speeches were traded openly as party members
jostled to gain support for the post of Secretary General. At the beginning of October the
First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe addressed a rally at Mucheke Stadium where she insulted
the provincial executive and all those perceived to support the VP Mujuru. Her speech
was filled with hate language which could easily incite violence. Factionalism deepened
after that provincial rally. The Mnangagwa faction headed by Senator Josiah Hungwe
made an attempt to pass a vote of no confidence on the provincial executive led by
retired Brigadier General Gwanetsa accusing him of fanning factionalism and for
supporting Vice President Joce Mujuru.
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