stood up and began forcing mourners to sing and chant
party slogans. Mpofu and Mudenda also ordered youths
to attend the youth rally without fail. After the funeral, it
is said that known opposition supporters were followed
and ordered to attend the upcoming rally.
Category of incident
Assault
Theft/looting
Discrimination
Unlawful Detention
Intimidation/harassment
June 2017
0
0
2
0
4
a community meeting held at Watershed and Madlawuni
areas on 28 June. It is alleged that, Ndlovu verbally
attacked villagers supporting opposition parties. In his
remarks, he mentioned punishing those that are not part
of Zanu PF cell groups. He accused villagers who had
failed to attend the meeting as Zanu PF enemies who are
likely to be banished from his area. He added that those
who value their security should side with Zanu PF.
May 2017
1
1
4
1
7
Category of incident
Assault
Theft/looting
Discrimination
MDP
Intimidation/harassment
June 2017
1
1
1
1
4
May 2017
0
0
2
0
3
Threat level: Low
In Insiza South, it is alleged that a number of students
from Ntuthuko Primary School in ward 3 were denied
entry ito classrooms by the headmaster, Ndumo Ncube
on 5 June. It is reported that Ncube withdrew and barred
all the students who had failed to each bring 5kg bags of
maize, sugar beans and $1 meant for the school feeding
program.
Threat level: Low
In Chiwundura ward 13 Chikutubwe, on 1 June, Zanu PF
ward 13 Chairperson Jeremiah Mutupa called for a
campaign meeting at Kuni Business Centre. It is alleged
that villagers were forced to attend Zanu PF by-election
candidate Brown Ndlovu’s campaign rally or risk losing
their farming plots. Children were made to abscond
classes and herd cattle while the elders attended the
rally.
An incident of malicious damage to property in Village
5 of Ward 26 at Nsangu Jahana in Shangani was
reported on Sunday 11 June. Zanu PF youths led by
councillor Edith Gumbo, Zanu PF ward chairperson
Shame Mathe, Virginia Mathe, Kinana Dlodlo are said
to have raided the home of village head, *Victor
Sengwayo. The Zanu PF supporters are said to have
physically assaulted Sengwayo, his wife, mother and
nephew and looted property that includes a generator,
inverter and building tools. Some members of the family
sustained serious injuries and the 13-year-old nephew is
still admitted at a Bulawayo hospital where he is said to
be suffering from seizures attributed to brain damage.
In Gokwe Chireya ward 4 at the Cotton Marketing
Board depot, Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (COTTCO)
recruited workers. It is alleged that during the
recruitment that took place on 2 June no one perceived
to support opposition political parties was invited for
interviews. The panel that conducted the interviews is
said to have comprised of a COTTCO manager only
identified as Mukanya, Zanu PF provincial member,
Shen Hove and other unidentified COTTCO personnel.
Those seeking employment were allegedly supposed to
have Zanu PF membership cards and a letter of
recommendation from the Zanu PF Gokwe district
Mahayiza Ndlovu, Watershed village headman and Zanu
PF member in Bulilima East intimidated villagers during
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