Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Property rights
12
4
2
1
Mahs East
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Discrimination
Theft/looting
Total
farm will be taken over by one of President Robert Mugabe’s loyalists. The workers
at the farm were not allowed to work for about two hours. From the farm the group
went to Gatu Township raising the placards and were accompanied by the police
and Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) members.
19 December 2014- The Rushinga MP Wonder Mushaya held a meeting at
Marymount Secondary School to dismiss the party chairperson Pedzisai Chidemo
on allegations of being a Joice Mujuru associate and was viewed as a dangerous
person to the party’s operations. The victim pleaded with the leadership expressing
that he was not close to Joice Mujuru but party members did not take his pleas and
replaced him with his deputy Daniel Shima as acting Chairperson.
27 December 2014- War veterans and Zanu PF party supporters marched to
Lalashell farm in Muzarabani South singing revolutionary songs. One of the leaders
Chrispen Mutandwa tried to force their way through the gate upon arrival shouting
that there was no need to negotiate with the white man who sponsors the MDC-T
party. In response Lalashell indicated that he was willing to vacate the farm if the
group showed him their offer letter and identity documents which the group failed
to produce. The police were called in and drove the group away and instructed that
they should follow governing laws.
The political tensions continued to mount up within the Zanu PF party as those viewed
as supporters of former VP Joice Mujuru were threatened with imminent dismissal from
their positions. Threats of dismissal targeted Members of Parliament, Ministers,
councillors and district chairpersons. Those who were eventually dismissed included
Honourable Olivia Muchena the Minister for Higher Education, Honourable Petronella
Kagonye the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development and
Honourable Paddy Zhanda the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanization and
Irrigation Development. The ordinary party members perceived to belong to former VP
Joice Mujuru faction were harassed and discriminated against by other members from
the rival faction.
6 December 2014- There was intra party violence within Zanu PF in Goromonzi
South. The violence erupted between party rival members of the Samuel
Parirenyatwa Housing Cooperative allegedly aligned to Oswell Gwanzura the
shadow councilor for Ward 2 Ruwa and the Solomon Mujuru Housing
Cooperative allegedly aligned to Honouable Petronella Kagonye over territorial
control. A conflict that started as a sharp difference on who had control over the
land and leadership deteriorated into fist fight and stone throwing which damaged
stationary vehicles. The police from Ruwa responded swiftly but failed to quell the
violence and had to call for reinforcement from the Goromonzi riot squad and the
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