Association
of lunch for a month at St Bedes Primary school as their form of payment. This has been an initiative of helping the
needy pupils with lunch at this school. The seven women chosen for the month of March were turned down to
perform their agreed duties by the cooking coordinator on political grounds. The coordinator is Ms Rosemary Maisiri.
She is alleged to have dismissed the women and said they should go and cook at Zim PF schools and was adamant
that she was not in any way going to work with non-Zanu PF people even if it was a school arrangement.
16 March
Freedom of
On the 16th of March 2017, a restaurant take-away outlet operator Mr Chipato* was threatened at Muzokomba
choice,
Township in Ward 24, Buhera South by one Zariro who is said to be a Border Gezi youth training graduate. This
association and happened when the perpetrator was having a meal at Mr Mukuwe’s restaurant when he overheard two opposition
expression
supporters making what were said to be derogatory remarks directed to the Zanu PF party and Buhera South Member
of Parliament Hon Joseph Chinotimba. This led to Zariro confronting the restaurant owner and accused him of
accommodating opposition supporters who talk ill about Zanu PF. He was told that his business was going to be shut
down for letting opposition supporters discuss politics within his premises, despite the business owner not having
control of what had transpired.
20 March
Right to equal
It was reported that at 09:00am, ward 1 councillor, Nyamupanedengu allegedly wrote only MDC-T members on the
opportunity
list of those who were supposed to work under the drain clearance programme. It is alleged that Zanu PF members
were left out on this list on suspected political grounds. One Zanu PF victim was Precious Chikomo*.
The
programme went ahead despite a serious misunderstanding with Zanu PF members who were left out as they
complained about the unfairness of the process.
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