family members that the deceased received an
anonymous telephone call from people who
claimed to be state agents who were complaining
that his last born child was always seen wearing
MDC-T -t-shirts. The victim has previously been a
victim of political violence as he was also beaten up
during the 2008 elections. The murder case was
reported to the police at Mashava and Mwenezi
and a post mortem was also conducted.
Matebeleland South
A highlight of the province has been continuous
threats of land invasions driven by factional
politics.
In a case of clear victimization of innocent people,
on the 15th of June 2015 in Lockard area the
authorities issued eviction orders to over three
thousand villagers who they accused of having
been resettled by ousted provincial chairperson
Figure 3: Mourners gathered at the homestead
Andrew Langa. Andrew Langa who is a government
minister and local Member of Parliament has been accused of belonging to former Vice President
Mujuru’s camp and was removed by a vote of no confidence. All villagers who have been settled in
the area over the past five years are being threatened with eviction.
Matebeleland North
Tensions in the province were mainly driven by inter and intra party conflicts. The Tsholotsho seat
was won by Zanu PF amid allegations of vote buying and intimidation of traditional leaders.
During the first week of June the local councilor for Siyansundu area in Binga who is an MDC-T
member mobilized people to attend a workshop organised by the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF).
After the workshop and after the departure of the LRF team the councilor was threatened by Zanu
PF ward officers Cryton Mudimba and Misheck Muleya who accused him of trying to teach MDC-T
ideologies. The two also went on to threaten and intimidate villagers warning them not to attend
any future such meetings.
In a case of intra-party fighting within the MDC-T party on 3 June 2015 in Bubi Ward 7, Japhet Dube
aged 51 organised other party members to oust fellow party member Mark Ncube from the party for
allegedly siding with the MDC Renewal party. Ncube, aged 59 had been earmarked to be the party’s
candidate for Bubi constituency in 2018 and this meeting decided to withdraw him though he was
denying the allegation. He felt that his ouster was driven by victimization and scramble for posts.
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