On 17 June a large group of Zanu PF activists illegally occupied Phillip farm, in ward 19 of Inyathi.
They told the farm manager Rabson Sibanda and other workers to move out as they had taken the
farm from the farm owners Brian and his father Phillip. Sibanda reported the matter to the police
who told the invaders to move out and not disturb the farmers. Some of the invadersleft but a
number of them remained at the farm. Brian, Phillip and Manager Sibanda are now uncertain about
the future of the farm.
Harare
The highlight of the province were
the 10 June 2015by-elections which
were characterized by harassment
and intimidation. Zanu PF managed
to win all the seats. The violations
were most severe in Glen View
where even candidates were
harassed. Donald Chimatira an
independent
candidate
had
truckloads of people taken to his
house to publicly humiliate him after
the elections on 11 June 2015. There
was chaos when Zanu PF supporters
came to his house with a fake coffin
filled with his posters they had
collected
.They
were
sang
revolutionary songs mocking him.
This harassment involved many
people who had been brought in by
20 cars and 3 commuter omnibuses.
The victim and his family remained
in the house. Chimatira was
suspended as Zanu PF youth chair in
January 2015 for being aligned to
the Mujuru camp.
Michael Chivandire a Transform
Zimbabwe candidate was forced to
close his tuck shop on 3 June 2015.
Violence broke out in Dzivarasekwa at Dzivarasekwa 2 car park near the Muslim Centre at the corner
of Jongwe Street on 16 June 2015. Zanu PF youths severely assaulted MDC-T supporters who own
the car park. They had been to the car park the day before in the evening harassing the two owners
to vacate the place so that Zanu PF youths could take over. The following morning youths numbering
about 13 descended on the car park still demanding to take over the car park. They started beating
up the owners until they were unconscious. Police were called to intervene and the group fled to
Omega Hungwe’s (the newly elected legislator) house which is about 150 metres away to hide.
Police raided the house and managed to arrest some of the youths while the others fled. The two
MDC-T supporters were taken to hospital for treatment.
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