village reported the anomaly to the police however, no action
details. Villagers felt intimidated by the exercise and the
has been taken yet.
matter was not reported to the police.
Category of incident
Dec 2017
Jan 2018
Assault
1
1
Theft/looting
0
0
Discrimination
1
3
Unlawful detention
0
0
Intimidation/harassment
6
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A gathered crowd being forced to surrender voters’ serial
numbers in Nyamande Goromonzi West
Zanu PF chairperson and village head Boniface Manyaire
forced villagers to hand over voters’ registration serial
numbers. It is alleged that on 27 January villagers in
Marondera West convened at Manyaira Centre ward 10 where
Zanu PF chairperson Manyaira forced villagers to submit their
serial numbers. Manyaira is alleged to have been noting down
villagers’ names and their serial numbers on a form. However,
other villagers did not submit their personal details and serial
Threat level: Low
numbers citing that registration serial numbers were
confidential information.
Zanu PF women’s league members had a door to door
On 28 January Mkwene village head Christopher Chimombe
campaign forcing residents to submit voters’ serial numbers in
and Zanu PF ward chairperson Kenneth Marengereke
Kadoma Central Rimuka ward 13 on 10 January. It is alleged
convened a meeting at Mkwene ward 7 in Goromonzi West.
that, a directive to force people to submit their voters’ serial
The agenda of the meeting was for reorganizing party
numbers came from Member of Parliament for Kadoma
structures and mobilising voters for the coming elections. It is
Central Fani Phiri. The women’s league forced people to
alleged that residents were forced to form cell structures using
submit their national identification details together with their
their voters' registration slips and surrendering their personal
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