Sozi had not been evicted yet at the time of going to print, he is living in fear,
scared that anything could happen to him.
On 14 December 2015, Sonny Mbudziya (not real name) of the MDC-T was at
One One bar in Mt Darwin South when Simbarashe Bondo and other five
Zanu-PF supporters arrived from Victoria Falls where they had gone to attend
the Zanu-PF annual congress. Bondo is alleged to have started poking
Mbudziya, accusing him of being a sell-out who must be dealt with. It is
reported that Mbudziya managed to leave the bar when they were about to
attack him.
On the 21 of December 2015, Simbarashe Kadyamatevere, a Zanu-PF district
party chairperson, addressed a meeting at Mafundirwa Village. He emphasised
that all MDC members who were not attending Zanu-PF meetings should
surrender their party belongings to the district party offices in Mt Darwin. He
also advised those without national identity cards to submit their names to the
party, so that the party would help them obtain the national identity cards.
On 31 December 2015 at 2300 hours, at Musarara Village in Chiweshe, Mwale
Chakanetsa and Richard Chimombe of Zanu-PF allegedly harassed MDC-T
supporter, Robert Zondo (not real name). Zondo was accused of singing songs
that insulted Zanu-PF by claiming that the party had failed to rule the country.
The two Zanu-PF youths reported the victim to Nomore Marange, district
chairperson of Zanu-PF in Chiweshe, who threatened to evict Mark from the
village.
Mashonaland East
Mashonaland East has, of late, been a hotbed of political violence and factionalism
within Zanu-PF. During the month of December inter-party political violence was also
noted in the province with the worst case being of a woman who was assaulted
together with her baby. She was assaulted because of her allegiance to the opposition
MDC-T. The factionalism within Zanu-PF has also intensified with growing cases of
intimidation of suspected People First members being reported. A worrying
observation from Mashonaland East involves threats of violence against opposition
members in 2018.
Highlights:
On 16 December 2015, two Zanu-PF activists identified as Knight Gareta aged
50 and Cecilia Phiri aged 40 allegedly assaulted a 29- year old MDC-T activist
accusing her of being an election agent in 2013. The two perpetrators said that
they wanted to fix her for belonging to the opposition. The victim was carrying
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