28 November
Province
Date
Mashonaland 3 November
Central
Right to
Food
Soon after the Chimanimani West by-election, Headman Batsirai Chieza is said to have struck
off the names of two election agents that were posted by independent candidate Edmore
Mtetwa. The former election agents were told to get assistance from Mtetwa. It is alleged the
headman is bent on punishing villagers whom he suspects did not vote for Zanu PF.
HR Violated
Provincial highlights
Right to Food
Mrs Murombo, the Zanu PF chairperson for Chawawa village, Nzvimbo in Mazowe East,
allegedly told *Anna Chizanga that she would not benefit from food aid because her
husband is an MDC-T supporter. Chizanga was instructed to go and get food aid from the
opposition party and the instruction is said to have come from councilor Elisha Mukahiwa.
Freedom of
association
Political Rights
5 November
Right to Food
Freedom of
association
Political Rights
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Right to Food
Political Rights
It is alleged that ward 12 Councillor, Yeukai Mathaba, labeled two MDC-T supporters
traitors, denied them agricultural inputs and reported them to Member of Parliament,
Chrstopher Chitindi. The two were told while at St Albert’s Growth Point in Muzarabani that
they had been blacklisted and would not get any aid from the government. For fear of
further victimization they did not report to the police.
At Chibombo village in Muzarabani North,Ward 24 Councillor, Winby Kagodo, claiming to
be adhering to orders from the Zanu PF provincial office, is alleged to have blacklisted
three MDC-T supporters from receiving any forms of aid. Kadogo accused the opposition
party supporters of luring Zanu PF supporters to join MDC-T. He further threatened the
MDC-T supporters with eviction if they continued.
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