reports of all the MDC-T activities in the area.
disappearance if he did not comply.
He was threatened with
On 3 January 2016, at a funeral of an MDC-T member in Marondera West, Ward
14 MDC-T supporters wearing their party regalia and chanting slogans got into an
altercation with a relative who was wearing Zanu-PF regalia. The two sides
exchanged harsh words until the intervention of some elders who calmed the
situation.
On 6 January 2016, a businesswoman at Kotwa Business Centre was approached
by Gilbert Makazvo and John Karima who allegedly requested for US$25 for the
21st February Movement celebrations. When the businesswoman said she did not
have the money, Makazvo allegedly accused her of supporting the MDC-T.
On 11 January 2016, state agents allegedly came to Hwedza Inn in Ward 15
asking where the People First meeting was being held. The state agents are said to
have been informed that People First was going to hold a meeting at the Inn on the
day. They reportedly took the booking register at the Inn but failed to get
information they wanted. They waited at the Inn until 10pm. It is reported that
people are now living in fear.
On 13 January 2016, about 20-30 people believed to be soldiers in civilian
clothing reportedly moved in to stay at Hwedza Growth Point, Ward 15 with their
household property. It is feared that the soldiers are on assignment to find people
linked to People First. They have since started looking for accommodation in the
community.
On 16 January Simon Sandati (not real name) of the MDC-T was served with an
eviction order after his niece, Sharon Sireti of Zanu-PF, allegedly sold his house in
Marondera Central on allegations that he was an MDC-T supporter.
On the night of 20 January 2016, it is alleged that Martin Zunza (not real name), a
former MDC-T member in Mukarakate Village, Ward 8 in Murehwa South, who
defected to the Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ), had his house set on fire.
RDZ leader, Elton Mangoma, confirmed the incident to ZPP.
On 20 January 2016, some war veterans in Magauze Village, Ward 8 in Mudzi
West were allegedly forcing people to buy Zanu-PF membership cards at US$3
each. At the same meeting people were also threatened with unspecified action if
they talked to one, George Katsande, a former Zanu-PF provincial commissar who
was ousted from the party on allegations of being aligned to People First. People
were told that if they talked to him they will be labelled ‘gamatox’.
The Zanu-PF leadership in Ward 30, Murehwa Centre allegedly issued an
instruction that all village heads and secretaries were going to be given forms that
were going to be used to form cells in the area. Those who refused to be in cells
17