Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Theft/looting
Discrimination
Displacement
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to liberty and security of person
Property rights
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Property rights
31
Masvingo
Mash West
Total
21
4
3
2
1
Discrimination
Right to food, aid and livelihood
4
Harassment/Intimidation
Displacement
Assault
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Property rights
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
2
1
1
Total
8
11
Nyamanzi and six other Zanu PF supporters forcibly removed the victim from his
office and it is alleged that Nyamanzi is eyeing the post that the victim holds.
High levels of political intolerance continue to be expressed through incidents of
harassment and discrimination. The effects of the intra-party conflicts are still
simmering in the province; those who are sympathetic to the ousted provincial
Chairperson Temba Mliswa are disgruntled and those who support the move are on the
war-path to purge the province of unwanted elements in the party.
13 January 2015 - Pastors Andrew Rufai, Gwarada, and Gift Konjana of Church of
Christ were summoned to Chegutu Police Station where they were accused of
being involved in MDC-T activities because they had been seen in the company of
seven (7) Canadians. The visitors had visited the Church of Christ and were taken
to Ameva area in Chegutu to view a church farming project. During the
interrogation the police tried to force the three to admit that they were doing
MDC-T activities. Eventually Pastors Konjana and Gwarada were released and
Pastor Rufayi remained for sometime as the police insisted he remain because he
was host to the white visitors in question. He was later released after a few
hours of detention.
30 January 2015 - Zanu PF members sympathetic to Temba Mliswa the former
Zanu PF provincial Chairperson held a demonstration in Chinhoyi. Some
demonstrators came from as far as Karoi. The demonstration was in response to
Mliswa’s arrest on allegations of being in possession of guns stolen from the
white farmer whose farm he had taken over. His supporters were of the opinion
that Mliswa was being persecuted for his allegiance to former VP Joice Mujuru.
The supporters argued that authorities knew that he had the guns since 2002.
The province continued to experience general calmness. There was a marked decrease
in physical violence both at inter and intra party level. However reports of harassment
and discrimination in accessing food and farm inputs based on one’s political affiliation
continues to rear an ugly head. The reflections of the environmental scan indicate that
the relative peace being witnessed could be attributed to the busy farming season and
the fact that there were not as manypolitical gatherings that were taking place. Political
meetings held by Zanu PF were used as a platform to consolidate the outcomes of the
People’s Congress held early December 2014.
21 January 2015 - Zanu PF councillor for ward 18 Chivi Central Wilson
Runopanwa denied an MDC-T supporter access to agricultural inputs under