Provincial Outlook
DECEMBER, 2023
Bulawayo
During the period, Bulawayo Province recorded violations that were a result of a joint operation by
Zimbabwe Republic Police and Bulawayo Municipal Police. A case of malicious damage to property
was reported along Fife Street and corner 3rd Avenue when Zimbabwe Police Officers smashed the
window of the commuter mini bus with a number plate ADV4312 which was ferrying citizens to the
central business district. The manner in which the police officers enforced law was dangerous to
innocent citizens who were in the public transport vehicle. Verified facts indicate that police officers
who were on an operation smashed the windscreen when they failed to forcefully possess the keys of
the vehicle from the driver.
Electoral malpractices and political intolerance were also recorded in the run up to the by-elections. At
ward 19 of Nketha constituency, it was reported that eight ZANU PF activists were going around
defacing and removing the posters of Ambrose Sibindi of Citizen Coalition for Change and Luckmore
Gwetu of DOP. It is said that the youths were moving around, remarking that the two candidates are
nonexistent and hence needed to be invisible to guarantee the victory of ZANU PF in the area.
Removing posters of other candidates in the electoral cycle is a malpractice and violation of an
electoral act. At ward 28 Cowdry Park it was reported that a group of six led by Ngqabutho Moyo of
unknown political party forced a CCC supporter to remove his party t-shirt. The group threatened to
assault the victim should he continue wearing his party regalia.