#PROVINCIAL OUTLOOK
MANICALAND
MAT
SOUTH
In ward 17 of Chipinge East, there was partisan
issuance of National Identity Documents by Civil
Registry staff stationed at Chikore High School, who
worked closely with the local Zanu PF leaders who
provided a priority list of party members who needed
to get National IDs ahead of everyone else. Members
of the local community not affiliated to Zanu PF
remained worried that ordinary people were not
going to get a chance to get national documents.
The abuse of traditional leaders in most parts of
Manicaland continued. Zanu PF, as has always been
the case during elections, turned to traditional
leaders to lead the campaigns for the party ahead of
the 2023 elections.
Just as in Matabeleland North, Mohadi travelled around
Matabeleland South, where he convened meetings with
traditional leaders, telling them they need to vote for and
campaign for Zanu PF.
In Bulilima West a Zanu PF activist, Cletus Moyo told villagers
to register under her party cell group or risk being removed
from the food aid distribution. Moyo warned that come 2023,
Zanu PF would be the only party in Zimbabwe.
A Zanu PF ward member in Bulilima West, identified only as
Black Jack, told community members that the newly vetted
war veterans should vote for Zanu PF in order for them to
receive their benefits. Throughout the country, Zanu PF
continues to dangle the promise of compensation to newly
vetted war veterans and war collaborators.
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