Harare
Provincial Outlook
Harare recorded cases of the violation of the right to freedom of assembly and
association. On 16 November, the First Lady Mrs Auxillia Mnangagwa visited
Mbare to officially launch a Life Skill Support Program for street kids and
campaign against drugs in Mbare at Stodart Hall netball complex. It is alleged
that vendors at Mbare Musika vegetable market, Siyaso and Mupedzanhamo
were told to close business by Zanu PF youths sent by their district leaders.
Also children were seen boarding buses to the programme. One of the
perpetrators Simbarashe Chanachimwe nicknamed (Dhama) reportedly
coerced people to board Zupco buses to the venue where they were given a
box of chicken inn and a little hamper comprising of 1 Colgate (toothpaste), 1
small Vaseline, 1 bath soap and a toothbrush. On 28 November at Pendennis
shops in Mt Pleasant Constituency the Harare City Council raided vendors and
confiscated their goods Chaotic scenes were reported at the shops with some
vendors resisting arrest resulting in street battles. It is alleged that the
municipal officers nearly took a power generator and other items from a vendor
identified as Moses who operates a car wash. Reports say that Moses
disclosed his permit but still the officers harassed him before leaving the area.
A case on the right to life was reported in Mabvuku Tafara constituency on 14
November 2023. It is said that Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) activist
Pastor Tapfumaneyi Masaya was abducted and found killed in cold blood
which raised citizens' concern and suspicion that the move was initiated by
state security agents. According to reports, Pastor Tapfumanei Masaya
suffered severe wounds throughout his body during his harrowing ordeal at the
hands of suspected security agents in Harare, ultimately leading to his tragic
death. His body was reportedly found in a decomposed state due to a
suspicious injection of an alleged harmful substance. CCC aspiring legislator
Munyarari Kufa shared distressing information after personally examining the
body at Parirenyatwa citing that there were worms emerging from his body.
Kufahakutizwi reportedly considered pulling out of the 09 December byelection asking himself if it is “worth it” running in the vote after a clergyman
was abducted and murdered while campaigning for him. The police said they
were still investigating the case to date.
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