Ngezi has politicised recruitment.
and teachers had no stationary.
Landlord Peter Chuma, a Zanu PF supporter, evicted
*Barron Dimuka from an apartment he rents in Kadoma
Central around midnight because he defected to National
Peoples Party. Chuma is said to have come to this
decision when he was having a Zanu PF Rimuka
executive meeting early that day. Dimuka’s property was
forcefully removed at night by Zanu PF youths led by
Chuma. The property was damaged as the hired youths
recklessly removed it.
Kingsdale Housing Cooperative in Norton, under the
instruction of Cuthbert Mupami, demolished homes with
the help of armed police on 25 June. Mupami got the
cooperation of armed police after he claimed to have
been threatened by machete wielding residents.
Residents contested paying $27 per square meter as
demanded by Mupami, insisting on paying $5 instead, in
accordance with a court order issued in 2015. Those who
resisted paying had their homes demolished during the
night. Mupami is accused of over subscribing the
housing cooperative and is now evicting some occupants
to make way for others who had paid but had not been
allocated land. The residents claim to have been given
land by the ruling party. One hundred families from each
ward in Norton were organized and given this land by
the political leadership on the understanding that they
would pay for the development of the land. *Allen
Danda and *Noreen Shirichena were arrested by police
and spent the night in police custody on charges of
trying to obstruct the evictions. They were released after
MP Temba Mliswa engaged a lawyer on their behalf.
*Marvelous Gondo and *Evelyn Mhike, who stay in
ward 5 of Rimuka, Kadoma Central, were among the
people that were allegedly forced to buy old Zanu PF
membership cards for $1. During this process, on 8 June,
people were forced to provide their identity numbers,
phone numbers and full names. The ruling party
supporters that are selling old membership cards were
led by Lydia Maphosa, Zanu PF ward 3 chairperson.
Gondo and Mhike said that upon paying for the cards
they were told that they no longer have to worry about
their personal safety, they were also told that they would
soon receive new cards.
Zanu PF supporters assaulted MDC-T chairperson,
*Proud Kanengoni, at a soccer tournament in Jompani,
Sanyati on 25 June. Kanengoni was assaulted for
wearing MDC-T regalia. Among the perpetrators were
Patrick Musona, William Ruzvidzo and Brian Ruzvidzo
from Nyamatani and Makwechere under chief Hozheri.
The incident was reported to police (RRB number
2039782). Kanengoni was advised to seek medical
assistance.
An old Zanu PF membership card that was sold to Rimuka
villagers (Picture by ZPP)
The headmistress of Kundayi Railway Block 4 Primary
School in ward 13 Muzvezve, Loveness Moyo sent
pupils back home to collect fees. Pupils ranging from
early child development to grade seven were turned
away before lessons could even commence. In a video
that ZPP is in possession of, on 19 June the headmistress
is reported to have stated that the school had no chalk
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