numbers, and addresses of residents who attended ruling party
Category of incident
meetings in ward 15. Those who did not attend party meetings
Oct 2017
Sept 2017
Assault
1
0
Theft/looting
1
12
Discrimination
1
4
MDP
0
1
Intimidation/harassment
19
35
the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise in Mount
Displacement
0
2
Darwin South at the district administrator’s offices in ward 26
Disrupted Political meeting
0
1
were labelled traitors and omitted on the list. Hilda Ncube*
and Paradzai Dube* are among those not included in the
database.
It is alleged that Zanu PF youths Moses Jairos, Tafadzwa
Bhuma and Elvis Chiromo were intimidating residents during
on 17 October. They were telling registrants to vote wisely in
2018, claiming the BVR kits will enable the ruling party to
identify those who will vote for opposition parties. Patience
Chitonga* and Mavis Musodzi* were told that the pictures
taken during the registration process will detect the party they
will vote for in 2018.
It is alleged that Zanu PF activists Sizer Mudziwedombo and
Nicholas Parira were recording serial numbers from villagers
during the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) phase 2 blitz
in Rushinga. On 30 October Mudziwedombo was identified at
Chongoma centre in ward 11 while Parira was at
Mugaranehwe
Chitembe
polling
station
in
ward
From the onset of the new BVR process on 10 September
12
villagers in Mutoko South were intimidated by Zanu PF
respectively conducting the same exercise. They both told
supporters. It is alleged that Village Development Community
villagers that they were compiling a ruling party cell database
Officers (VIDCOs) noted registration serial numbers from
to assist them retrieve information if they lose their slips.
villagers who would have registered. The exercise was led by
Among those who had their names documented was Varaidzo
Zanu PF District chairperson Gift Chirohwa who assigned
Maketo* and Makanaka Benza.
VIDCO officers to take down the serial numbers. The exercise
discouraged a number of people to register as they did not
know why registration serial numbers are being noted. This
happened at Corner Store, Mukombe and Masvitsi Primary
schools.
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