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Livelihood and Social Security
On 19 August it was reported that a Zanu PF activist identified as Kuda Chamboko
was going around forcing vendors to buy new party cards or risk losing their stands
near Unity village. Vendors are said to have brought new cards fearing that they
would have their stands seized.
In Ward 6 Chipinge Central district it was reported that Zanu PF officials were
moving from house to house demanding identification document numbers from
people who had since registered as voters and in return they would be given food
aid. This might have been classified as vote buying and the purposes of collecting the
ID numbers was still not well explained but could be a ploy to create a myth that
there was something that could be done with the ID numbers in the polls. The
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been consulted about this in the past and they
have dispelled the thinking that anything can be done with ID numbers.
In Chipinge, ZPP recorded cases where people’s rights to dignity were violated.
There were running battles between vendors and the security forces teaming up
with the municipal police. Sporadic arrests of vendors by the police were being
noted and many were released upon paying bribes.
On 13 August 2022, in Chimanimani East, ward 13, Matsiya village, Ishmael
Chimukono commonly known as Tsangamidzi who is a Zanu PF branch chairperson
reportedly called for a pfumvudza meeting to list would be pfumvudza beneficiaries
from that area. The meeting was planned to use aid in the pfumvudza scheme to try
and force people to vote for the party in exchange for the inputs.
In Muzvezve, Kadoma and Chegutu cases of artisanal miners’ fights escalated during
the reporting period. On 22 August a violent fight was reported at Mzansi night club.
A mining syndicate led by a young miner only identified as Anele attacked a 34 year
old man Kahwe with a machete. Reports indicate that, although Kahwe dodged
death by a whisker, he was hospitalized at Kadoma Hospital.
The Zimbabwe Peace Project
Monthly Monitoring Report