which Makoni associated with the G40 faction on
the day of the incident. The two met at Mary
Ward Primary School and Makoni who is said to
be sympathising with the Lacoste faction allegedly
told Nyamayaro to remove the t-shirt and he
complied due to fear of further victimisation.
During a Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) meeting
that was held on 25 May at Rutendo Hall in
Redcliff police are alleged to have stormed in and
disrupted the meeting. The reason they gave was
that the same venue had been booked for a Zanu
PF meeting so they were supposed to make way
for that to avoid political clashes and
misunderstandings. Lawrence Moyo and Ruvimbo
Zhou who were leading the deliberations said that
they doubted the venue could have been double
booked. In company of the police was a Zanu PF
member by the name Dhidhidhi of Baghdad area.
In Vungu ward 5, it was reported that on 19 May a
villager *Thandiwe Sithole was barred from
attending village meetings because she is an
opposition party supporter. It is alleged that
village head Marvis Dube asked Sithole to leave
the gathering that had been called by the village
head as part of the routine village meetings in
Nkani village. It was said that Dube told the
villagers who had gathered that Sithole was a sell
out since she has been seen all over the ward
campaigning for the MDC-T on several occasions.
Sithole was further told that she must leave the
Nkani village and seek a new home somewhere
before the 2018 polls as she may spoil Zanu PF’s
chances of winning so that the village is left with
only genuine Zanu PF supporters. This disturbed
Sithole who felt her rights of accessing
information related to development in the area
violated.
Threat level: low
It is alleged that on 21 May Zanu PF youths who
were on a campaign programme for the
Chiwundura primary elections stabbed a member
of the MDC-T youth wing, *Tawana Mizi, at
Gambiza Shopping Centre in Chiwundura, Gweru.
The MDC-T supporter was stabbed during violent
clashes between Zanu PF supporters belonging to
different factions. *Mizi was rushed to Gweru
Provincial Hospital. The issue was reported to the
police but no arrests have been made.
In Mutare West at Zedza Primary School and Holy
Ghost College it was reported that since the
commencement of the second term, pupils have
continuously been turned away over failure to pay
fees. *Nathaniel Choga and *Emanuel Zishiri, both
doing grade 6 at Zedza Primary in Matsago village
have not attended classes due school fees arrears.
It was also reported that *Irene Zhou and
*Timothy Chirandu who are both doing their form
four at Holy Ghost College in Nyachityu village are
also not attending classes because they have not
paid fees. School heads, Mrs Karinda and Mr Mafi,
of Zedza primary and Holy Ghost College,
respectively, authorised that pupils should not
attend lessons and have claimed that this is a
directive from the Ministry of Primary and
Secondary Education.
At a meeting held in Chiwundura at Muchakata
Shopping Centre on 24 May it is alleged that
Lovemore Mbulawa, an aspiring candidate in the
upcoming by-election, was intimidating villagers
into voting for Zanu PF. He is alleged to have said
if the Chiwundura villagers do not vote for a Zanu
PF candidate untold suffering and assaults would
befall them in the aftermath of the by-election
through to the 2018 polls.
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