Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, education
Freedom of Assembly
Property rights
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Displacement
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to liberty and security of person
Property rights
19
4
1
2
26
Mash Central
Harassment/intimidation
Discrimination
Disrupted Political Mtg
Displacement
Total
Mash East
8
4
1
13
The province has been relatively quiet during the month. Most of the community
members have been busy harvesting their crops. While human rights abuses are on
the decline the environment continues to be challenging to marginalized groups such
as former farm workers who are under constant threats of eviction.
At Rhimbic farm Mazowe North two families were threatened with eviction
after they went to work at a neighbouring farm. At Mandindindi farm Mazowe
North, seven families were served with eviction orders for a similar reason.
7/4/14- In Mazowe South, Mitchel Kasere who is the chairperson of Zanu PF as
well as ward councillor for ward 33 forced people to attend a Zanu PF party
rally at Rujeko shopping centre.
18/4/14- During the Independence Day celebration, Jane Uzande of Mazowe
South together with other Zanu PF activists denied several people food because
they belonged to the opposition party. Jane indicated that the food was not for
‘sell-outs’.
Generally the incidents of politically motivated violence decreased with a few
isolated cases of harassments, intimidations and assaults. Such cases have been
linked to the independence celebrations pencilled for 18th April. People were forced
by suspected ZANU PF activists to contribute cash towards the celebrations. There
were threats of unspecified actions for those who failed to comply.
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On April 18, members of Zanu PF held Independence Day celebrations at
Mbuya Nehanda Primary School in ward 20 of Goromonzi South Constituency.
After the celebrations, youths from Zanu PF headed to Melfort Shopping Centre
singing and forcing people at the Shopping Centre to chant Zanu PF party
slogans. It was at this point that they approached individuals who are believed to
be members of MDC-T party. They asked them to chant the slogans but they
refused. Instead they started chanting their own MDC-T party slogans and this
irked the Zanu PF party youths who began assaulting the three guys with fists
and booted feet. The victims had to be helped by a police officer who fired two
shots in the air to disperse the marauding Zanu PF party youths. Then Zanu PF
party youths fled from the scene immediately and no arrests were made
although a report was lodged with the ZRP Melfort Police Post.
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30/4/14 About 69 MDC-T activists accused of being sympathetic to the MDC
formations were told to vacate Banana Groove farm- ward 24, Goromonzi South
Constituency. The perpetrators were 5 suspected Zanu PF activists led by their