2.3 Povincial
Highlights
Mashonaland Central
“Prepare for the worst”
The highlight in the hotbed of political violence,
Mashonaland Central, is the parceling out of land by
dodgy individuals claiming to be representing
ZanuPF.
A group of people identifying themselves as the war
veterans of ZanuPF are operating in Mazowe North
making announcements to the effect that there is
land in Mutorashanga for allocation to party
supporters.
ZIMBABWE PEACE PROJECT
MONTHLY MONITORING REPORT
JULY 2021
They are allegedly asking potential beneficiaries
to declare allegiance to ZanuPF, pay USD 20.00
and boom, one gets 15 hectares of land.
This may as well be one of ZanuPF’s strategies to get
the ambitious five million votes at all costs.
In this political hotbed ZPP continued to record
cases of intimidation and harassment of citizens by
ruling ZanuPF politicians. For example, on 24 July in
Mazowe West Ward 15 at Dandamera Township
ZanuPF Councillor Peter Chinyoka, summoned
beneficiaries to a community distribution of maize.
In his address the councilor warned the beneficiaries
that the ‘only candidate’ they were supposed to vote
for in 2023 is President Mnangagwa in appreciation
for the food aid.
Chinyoka said only those who had received the
COVID-19 vaccine would receive food hand-outs in
the next distribution.
In another incident in Mt Darwin South at
Chomagora village a self-claimed war collaborator
Zephania Shoniwa warned MDC Alliance supporters
to ‘prepare for the worst in 2023’.
This is not a political threat to be taken lightly
considering that Mt Darwin is one of the areas where
some of the worst forms of political brutality take
place during election time.
In Mazowe South in Glendale, ZanuPF activists, led
by one Chifunje, were moving around recording
personal details of residents. They were collecting
details that include ID numbers, dates of birth,
ZanuPF
membership
card
numbers,
voter
registration details, physical addresses and cell
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