Province
Date
HR
Violated
Provincial highlights
Manicaland
7 November
Right to
Food
At Gugyanga business centre in Chimanimani West widows and the elderly were allegedly
denied access to relief maize by Luckson Pimai of Zanu PF. Those that were removed from
the list of beneficiaries were accused of being sympathetic to the MDC-T.
Rights of
the Elderly
11 November
Right to
Food
Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing and Zanu PF national
political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere and Minister of Environment, Water and Climate,
Oppah Muchinguri donated 2kg bags of rice to villagers at Biriri business centre ward 17
Chimanimani West. Only Zanu PF supporters were called out to receive the rice
25 November
Right to
Food
Headman Caldwell Mukobo of ward 8 Mutare North allegedly forced villagers to pay $3 per
household as registration fees to enable villagers to access government inputs. The fees were
deemed exorbitant as a result the maize seed was inaccessible especially to vulnerable
groups. No registration fees are required for government aid schemes
25 November
Right to
Food
In ward 11 Mutare North, Zanu PF Councillor Ndoro Chateu allegedly refused to register
several people for the government inputs scheme. On the day, Chateu had called for a
meeting at the ward centre and during the registration process he announced that the
program was for the benefit of Zanu PF supporters only.
26 November
Right to
Food
Councillor Jane Ziki of Zanu PF deprived MDC-T supporters, *Pynos Shoko and *Susan
Kambewu, agricultural inputs at Jaggers Business centre, ward 5 in Buhera South. Villagers
were receiving 5 kg bags of maize seed when Ziki said the seed was coming from the Zanu
PF government and only Zanu PF members were entitled to it. The two were turned away
empty handed.
Right to
Personal
Dignity
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