Total
Harassment/intimidation
MDP
Discrimination
Assault
Displacement
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
18
1
1
3
1
24
Mash East
Total
27
7
exacerbated by the attitude of the police who do not arrest the perpetrators especially
if they are ZANU PF supporters.
27 May 2014 - An Early Child Development teacher living with a disability was
harassed by ZANU PF Mafuta district members Waison Kabwitama and
Tamuka Musoro. The two demanded her participation in making of fire guards
around the farm despite her plea that she was unable to participate because of
her disability. They demanded that she paid $6 as a contribution towards her
labour. The vexed teacher reported the case to the head teacher of Chininga who
confronted the two explaining what the law says about the people living with
disability.
An MDC-T Chegutu East councillor candidate experienced harassment from a
Dzunza Sengu of ZANU PF contesting for the same council seat in ward 11.
Dzunza put his posters on the MDC-T candidate’s home and tuck shop at Cactus
farm near Half Way. The MDC-T candidate reported the incident to the police
who instructed Dzunza remove the posters. On 23 May Dzunza and his
supporters followed the MDC-T candidate on her campaign trail removing her
campaign posters. The case was reported to the police who responded by merely
instructing Dzudza to stop his actions. Dzunza is reported to have invited two
soldiers to harass residents against voting for Walaza. One of the soldiers
threatened residents with war if the MDC-T won the bi-elections for ward 11.
On 31 May 2014 it was reported that MDC-T party election agents were not
allowed into the station. Dzunza Sengu won as the councillor for ward 11.
The major sources of conflicts in the Mashonaland East province were political
intolerance between ZANU-PF party and MDC-T party, intra-party conflicts within
MDC-T party members and the confrontations between resettled farmers and former
farm workers. However, the political environment throughout the province has
remained relatively peaceful with a significant reduction in the number of politically
motivated violations. Around 24 cases of incidents of political violence have been
recorded this month of May 2014.
1/5/14 -Simon Makaza who has an offer letter from Goromonzi District lands
committee in the company of four ZRP officers from Ruwa Police Station
teamed up and ordered a group of 69 people at Banana Groove ward 22 of
Goromonzi South constituency to leave the farm. The 69 members were
perceived to belong to MDC-T party and Makaza clearly said that he could not
work or stay with the ‘`enemies’ as he called them. Houses were locked and the
victims could not have access to their belongings and went for days without