PROVINCIAL OUTLOOK
Mashonaland West
Mashonaland East
In Mashonaland West 12 human rights violations were
In Mashonaland East, 14 violations were reported.
documented. The violations were largely pertaining to
The police in Murehwa District were reported
the unfair distribution and maladministration of food
using excessive force in dispersing informal
aid and agricultural inputs. However other violations
traders
of rights such as the right to water and denial of
operation. More than 30 informal traders were
education were documented. Schools like Alaska
briefly detained and were later released. There
Primary denied access to education to school pupils
were incidents of forced attendance to political
due to non-payment of bus levy. In Magunje
meetings and ZANU PF youths coerced villagers
constituency ward 23, fertilizers were not fairly
and business operators to attend a ZANU PF rally
distributed. FAZ members were reported taking the
in Murehwa. There were incidents of unfair aid
remaining fertilizers, selling them for $15 per bag.
distribution as well as assault on citizens.
and
pirates
from
their
places
of
Other incidents were also recorded where aid was
either looted or unfairly distributed among community
leaders leaving many villagers disgruntled and
anguishing.
Harare
Harare province has witnessed a surge in human
rights violations, with 10 documented violations,
including unfair distribution of food aid, assault, and
threats of violence. A disturbing incident occurred at
Tashinga
primary
school
in
Tafara,
where
approximately 250 people, mostly women and men
aged 40-70, were denied seed maize and fertilizer
due to their suspected affiliation with the opposition
CCC party and non-attendance at ZANU PF
meetings. Furthermore, intra-party violence erupted
between CCC factions, resulting in the assault of
Councillor Blessing Duma and Mr Priston Mwabaya.
The incident escalated when the Epworth Member of
Parliament
brandished
a
firearm,
intimidating
supporters. The victim sustained minor injuries, and
two days later, a significant police presence was
deployed, with six truckloads of armed Support Unit
police mobilised. These incidents underscore the
deteriorating human rights situation in Harare
province, marked by partisan violence, intimidation,
and denial of basic rights.
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