On 22 June 2015 MDC-T youths blocked traffic at Mangoromera turn-off in Chitungwiza to allow the
free movement of the convoy bearing the body of one of their deceased members, Brighton
Matimba. The body of the deceased was being taken to his house in St Marys. One of the youths hit
a bus with a stone and accused the driver of not following orders. The owner of the bus and a
conductor and two police officers came to the deceased’s house for identification of the culprit. The
conductor was slapped in the face by one of the youths.
Mashonaland Central
The cases reported in Mashonaland Central in June were mostly of people being forced to attend
meetings mostly in Mazowe Central. In Chiweshe area of Mazowe Central it has become almost
impossible to operate a business if you belong to the opposition party. The popular artisanal mining
at Kitsiyatota in Bindura was stopped on 27 June 2015. Military police descended on Kitsiyatota
where people practised artisanal mining under unsafe conditions in Bindura and ordered all the
people to vacate the mine. It is reported that people sang revolutionary songs in protest but the
police insisted on moving them out. Eventually all people were moved out. It is alleged that two
Zanu PF members, a Mrs Mbereko and Mrs Mukombe brought the soldiers to chase the people on
17 June 2015 and two youths were severely assaulted. On 25 and 26 June the military police ganged
with powerful Zanu PF youths who were also mining at the area Leeford Vheremu and Divas
Mubaiwa and went about collecting ore from holes that are known to be productive.
Some church ministers in Glendale were on 3 June 2015 forced to attend a meeting of an
organisation called Zimbabwe Ministers Empowerment Fraternal Trust. It is alleged that the
organisation’s main thrust is to mobilise Christians to support Zanu PF. Those who had called the
meeting are Pastor Magondo of ZAOGA church from Chinhoyi and Pastor Guna stationed at AFM
church in Shamva.
An MDC supporter at Gweshe village in Chiweshe was forced to stop operating a shop at the centre
by Newton Ngoma a Zanu PF chair because of his political affiliation. On 9 June he was forced to
close shop as it was indicated that if he continues he would lose his stock.
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
MDC-T
ZANU PF
MDC Renewal
Figure 4: June2015 Intra-party Violations - Percentage of Reported Cases
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