There is serious food deficit in the peri urban villages of St Peters, Methodist and Robert Sinyoka as
well as squatter camps of Ngozi Mine and Killarney due to the drought aand
nd high poverty levels.
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On 10 July at house number 72890 Umgola R
Road
d in Lobengula ten 50kg bags of rice were
given to Henrietta Dube the Zanu PF Chief Election agent for winning candidate Maidei
Mpala to give to their campaign team as a thank you. The bag
bagss were taken by wheelbarrow
from Dube’s house to the Zanu PF commissioner’s house at 72868 in Lobengula for
distribution. Only 2 bags were shared
shared, with people being given 2litre tins of rice each. There
was disgruntlement as people complained that most of them got nothing and those few had
very little. Their complaints were however ignored.
Harare
The rice meant to be distributed to widows, orphans and the old in Glen View South was taken to
Member of Parliament Pius Madzinga’s house
house. He only distributed it in ward 31 where he lives,
leaving out ward 32 which is part of his constituency.
On 31 July 2015 a recently formed community based organisation Zimbabwe Aids Victims
Empowerment Association (ZAVEA) brought maize to Glen View South to be distributed to widows
and orphans of ward 32. ZAVEA was giving local community based organizations working with
children,, widows and the disadvantaged eight (8) 50kg bags each for onward distribution to the
beneficiaries. Members from the Social Welfare department and th
thee Glenview South MP were
invited to witness the handover. The local legislator Madzinga brought 4 pickups and took the maize.
No distribution has been made to date
date.
Reported Food Violations - July 2015
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Figure 7: Reported Food Violations
Mashonaland Central
It has been reported that as people
le were being registered to get food relief in Mbereko village ward
17 in Muzarabani South supporters of MD
MDC-T were not allowed to register.. It was only Zanu
Z
PF
members who were allowed to register to get maize and beans from the Grain Marketing
arketing Board
(GMB). The registration took place from 4 July to 1 August 2015.
On 20 July the Italian Embassy
mbassy was distributing food to the elderly,, orphans and the sick at Bindura
Showgrounds. The Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere ordered the local MP Kenneth
Musanhi to chant Zanu PF slogans but he refused to do so as the event was not political.
The Councillor of ward 17 in Mazowe Central Dominic Chimumba was given ba
bales of second hand
clothes from the Ministry of Social Welfare
elfare to give the poor and old peopl
peoplee in Glendale. The clothes
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