Provincial Outlook
vemusangano pamberi vatange kuwana, tichange takamira pamota ye fertilizer
tichitorera ma triple C” meaning “village heads must compile lists of ZANU PF
supporters only and we will be deployed at distribution centres and prevent
CCC members from benefiting”. The meeting reportedly ended with people
being made to sing and chant ruling party slogans attacking the opposition
CCC. A case on the right to administrative justice was also reported in
Hurungwe West at Mupandagera village in ward 17. It is alleged that ZANU PF
district leaders called for a meeting where they advised village heads and local
Chiefs to only work with ZANU PF members in School Development
Committees (SDC). It is said that the traditional leaders were only told that this
was an instruction from the top referring to the party’s national structures. The
traditional leaders were also advised that this was a mechanism to deter
opposition influence in their communities. It is alleged that after the meeting,
perceived members of the opposition parties were expelled from village
committees, dip tank committees and SDC committees.
Mashonaland East
In Mashonaland East cases of intimidation of citizens and opposition
supporters by Zanu PF members were on the rise. In Seke constituency (30
November), it is said that following the recall of CCC Seke Member of
Parliament Willard Madzimbamuto people were being harassed and
intimidated for voting for the opposition on 23 August. This was reportedly
happening on a daily basis in all wards in Seke. All suspected CCC supporters
were reportedly forced to surrender their party regalia and join ZANU PF
before denouncing their party in full view of the people to receive Presidential
Inputs. On 25 November, Wedza North MP Advocate Itayi Ndudzo reportedly
called for an Inter-district meeting convened at Wedza Zimbabwe Republic
Police (ZRP) grounds. The main agenda of the engagement was to encourage
only ruling party youths to approach local government offices and apply for
small scale farms leaving those affiliated to the opposition parties after the
elections. Ndudzo allegedly said that he was targeting the ruling party youths
only to ensure that youths in the opposition would defect to the ruling party
ZANU PF to weaken the opposition and bury it forever.
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