Resist, Reject and Report Violence, #RRRV2023
NOVEMBER 2022
Midlands
Political intolerance reached alarming levels as family members were
suspected to be settling differences using politics. On 18 November in
Gokwe Kana. a CCC supporter, Shylock Chacha was allegedly abducted from
Manoti Business Centre and assaulted by suspected Zanu PF members.
Chacha’s father, who is a village head is suspected to be the one who had
sold him out to the abductors believed to be his fellow Zanu PF members. In
Gokwe Sasame Zanu PF called for meetings threatening villagers telling
them they were going to deal with CCC supporters. On 17 November,
Edington Mashoko who leads a Zanu PF affiliate group, Forever Associates
of Zimbabwe (FAZ), told villagers that no CCC supporter would receive any
aid in the area until they defected to Zanu PF. The FAZ team was
campaigning for Zanu PF and went door to door collecting ID numbers,
phone numbers and photos for creating their database of Zanu PF
supporters.
Masvingo
Political violence by Zanu PF members against CCC members and those
suspected to be against the ruling party were on the rise. Gutu district
became a hotspot for cases of political violence. Such case was recorded
on 19 November where Gutu Rural District Hospital nurses were allegedly
instructed not to treat three CCC members; Tom Makumbe, Kudakwashe
Makumbe and Nhamo Makumbe. They had been abducted and severely
assaulted by suspected Zanu PF members at a Zanu PF base at
Mpandawana High School. The abductors were identified as Admire
Chimuka, Sylevester Mashamba and the Sarukores who are brothers to
Zanu PF DCC chairperson Josephat Sarukore. The Gutu Officer-in-Charge
allegedly refused to open dockets and told the victims to come back the
following day. In Mwenezi East Zanu PF resorted to threatening and forcing
villagers to attend their meetings using abduction and death threats.
The Zimbabwe Peace Project
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