Mbombo and Pardon Chitembwe. The attacks resulted in
the destruction of Kadenge’s house and injury of some
people. The case was reported at Makoni Police Station
(RRB number 3190605) and some of the perpetrators
reported to the police station for questioning.
June as they felt the increase was too much considering
the country’s economy. Pastor Evan Mawarire, who was
protesting in solidarity with the medical students, was
arrested together with a student, Ocean Chihota, and
detained at Avondale Police Station. They were released
on bail. ZPP has, as part of the report annexures, a letter
from the university registrar addressed to the medical
students.
Unidentified individuals destroyed windows of a
Glenorah house belonging to a political activist. The
victim reported that the incident took place on 22 June
around 2am when he was sleeping. He heard sound of
windows being broken but was not able to identify the
attackers. The matter was reported at Glenorah police
(RRB 3167673) and the issue is under investigation by
the Police Peace Unit. However, the victim is
speculating that the perpetrators are ZanuPF youths that
have threatened him since he has joined Tajamuka
activists that have been participating in demonstrations
against Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over the
Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits.
Student leader *David Makunde went missing following
the UZ demonstration and was reported missing in case
docket number RRB3190902. Makunde was found in
Mbare a week later and he said he had been abducted by
people who had asked him for direction near his home in
Chitungwiza. They offered him a lift saying they were
headed in the same direction. Along the way, Makunde
said he was hit on the head by an object and lost
consciousness. He woke up at a house that had no
windows and the assailants interrogated him about the
disturbances that had occurred at the university. The
perpetrators fed him on bread and gave him water after
which he lost consciousness again. He woke up in an
open space in Mbare is currently receiving medical
assistance.
On the morning of 29 June a commuter omnibus
overturned when traffic police threw a spike at the
moving vehicle in Harare city centre. Commuters that
included students from Churchill High School sustained
injuries. Vendors then started protesting against the
continued use of spikes that places lives of people at
risk. Anti-riot police moved into the city centre to
control the crowd when vendors started to attack
throwing stones. It alleged that a police officer lost his
life during the running battles, however the officer on
duty at Harare Central Disctrict could not confirm nor
deny the allegation for ZPP.
One of the windows damaged by suspected Zanu PF
supporters (Picture by ZPP)
At the University of Zimbabwe in Mount Pleasant ward
17, medical students were evicted from campus
residences after they demonstrated against increase in
fees. During the demonstration that took place on
campus, anti-riot and campus police who were sent in to
restore order assaulted students. It is alleged that on 15
June the vice chancellor, Professor Levy Nyangura, and
the student representative council reached a consensus
regarding increase of academic fees for medicine
students from $700 to $1500 per semester. However, the
affected students held a peaceful demonstration on 26
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