Discrimination
Assault
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
1
1
2
Harassment/Intimidation
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
3
The province remained calm with little political violations taking place. NGOs working
within the relief field are busy with villagers on garden, poultry, and goat projects.
Ø 14 September 2014 -In Gwanda Central Ward 4, residents staged a sit in around the
house which was supposed to be occupied by a staunch Zanu PF activist Mr Thulani
Ncube but his name was not on the waiting list and did not stay in the area where the
new houses were built. Residents took turns to guard the house night and day to bar
him from occupying the newly constructed house. The houses were built by the council
in ward 4. The residence of this old location had a list that informed them of how and
who would occupy the new houses. However, on the 14th Sept Mr Ncube came back
now escorted by four council police officers and he moved into his new house. The
residents were very upset as they believe that Mr Ncube used his political influence to
benefit from this ward scheme
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
8
2
During the month of September, Bulawayo Province recorded a decline in incidents of
violence and human rights violations compared to the previous month. However incidents of
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Mat North
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restructuring exercise during preparations of the coming congress at the end of October
2014.
There was a decrease in the number of violations recorded in the province from thirteen
recorded in the previous month of August to eight. The drop could be attributed to political
activities in most parts of the province. The notable trend in the province is that of the
harassment of members of the Civil Society and at times banning and disruption of their
meetings by members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and Zimbabwe
Republic Police (ZRP). Issues of the discrimination of supporters of the MDC-T and those
suspected of being its supporters from benefiting from government programmes have also
been noted in some parts of the province.
Ø 15 September 2014-At Lusange dip tank, St Pauls ward, Lupane East constituency, an
MDC-T activist was denied farming inputs (maize seed). It is reported that although
the maize seed was from the government and meant for all villagers the victim who is
reported to be a well-known MDC-T supporter was asked to produce a Zanu PF card.
The perpetrators are reported to have been Lupane East MP Sithembile Gumbo and
Lupane District war veteran Jabulani Ndlovu.
Ø 25 September 2014 - In Hwange Central, Transparency International Zimbabwe had its
meeting disrupted by members of the CIO. The meeting had been cleared by the police
and it was designed to discuss environmental issues. Hwange Central Member of
Parliament Brian Tshuma, a Colliery mine official and an Environmental Management
Agency official were supposed to make presentations at the meeting.
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