#PROVINCIAL OUTLOOK
MIDLANDS PROVINCE
In the Midlands Province, there were
violent clashes at the , ZanuPF offices
in Kwekwe where the party was
holding its district verification
process of its supporters and
officials. The clash pitted supporters
of two aspiring Parliamentary byelection candidates . Kwekwe Central
is due to have a by-election in 2022
and it being the home town of
President Emmerson Mnangagwa
makes it a potential hotbed of intra
party clashes. Currently, two
candidates, Kandros Mugabe and
Energy’ Dhala’ Ncube are leading the
roll of aspiring candidates and so far
there has been tension.
Partisan aid distribution also
happened in the province and one
example is at Chinyenyetu Hall in
Gokwe Nembudziya, where ZanuPF
member Addington Mutirwa, while
addressing a meeting, said hat
farming inputs were supposed to be
only given to ZanuPF supporters and
no one else
HARARE
Zimbabwe‘s two major political
parties Zanu PF and MDC-Alliance
continued to violate Covid-19
protocols on gatherings through
political activities held around the
province. On 5 November a large
crowd of Zanu PF supporters
thronged the Robert Gabriel Mugabe
International Airport to welcome
President Mnangagwa on his return
from a trip to the United Nations
Climate Change Conference held in
Glasgow, Scotland during the COP26
conference. Two weeks later on 14
November MDC Alliance supporters
who had convened in Mabvuku for
the party’s 22 anniversary
celebrations were violently dispersed
by the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
MDC Alliance secretary-general
Chalton Hwende confirmed the
arrests of at least 15 party
supporters who attended the event
which he was scheduled to address.
The activists were detained at
Mabvuku Tafara police station.
Although both parties violated
Covid-19 protocols the police
remained biased towards Zanu PF
supporters as no arrests were made
at the airport however MDC Alliance
activists were rounded up by the
police. ZPP therefore implores the
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to
execute their duties in a professional
manner and enforce the law without
fear or favour.
MASHONALAND CENTRAL
MDC Alliance President Nelson
Chamisa’s tour to meet opinion
leaders, councillors and other duty
bearers in Mashonaland Central
Province faced violent reactions from
suspected Zanu PF supporters.
Chamisa’s team comprising of party
activists and his security team faced
challenges in Shamva, Mvurwi,
Muzarabani and Mbire areas. These
areas reportedly turned into a
warzone as roads were barricaded
with stones, tree logs and other
materials. In Muzarabani North Zanu
PF called for an urgent meeting at
Muzarabani Growth point following
rumours that MDC-Alliance President
Nelson Chamisa was coming to
address people in Muzarabani.
Ruling party activists were mobilised
to convene at the venue where
Chamisa was scheduled to engage
community leaders and other
stakeholders. In Mbire Chamisa is
said to have evaded roadblocks
mounted by suspected Zanu PF
supporters and state security agents.
He reportedly used a motorbike to
travel to Mbire to evade his
adversaries. Sources say that state
security agents and some Zanu PF
supporters were trailing Chamisa’s
convoy and the opposition leader
was forced to abandon it and use a
motorbike. In Bindura South,
Chamisa security team reportedly
clashed with State security agents
and Zanu PF youths resulting in
gunshots being fired to disperse
both parties.