Matabeleland South
Date
HR Violated
Provincial highlights
Unknown
Right to
Samuel Phiri allegedly had his birth certificate confiscated and ultimately thrown out of his home by a woman said to be
Education
his step mother. Of importance to note is that Samuel Phiri is minor who after the death of Tsambane Ncube (Samuels’s
Right to birth
father), his step mother threw him out of his father’s homestead and confiscated his birth certificate. Out of desperation
documents
Samuel ended up staying with his paternal relatives his uncle, cousin to his father. Without this birth certificate Samuel
Right to shelter is unable to continue with his education.
Midlands
Date
HR Violated
Provincial highlights
13 February
Property
Lesley Moyo* was denied access to his allocated piece of land by Albert Chidhakwa who is the ward 10 Zanu PF
2017
rights
chairperson. The victim was told not to occupy the land since it belonged to Zanu PF. The perpetrator Chidhakwa went
Freedom of
on to remove the fencing poles which had been used by Moyo* as the boundaries and threw them away. Upon taking
association
the matter to the village head, Moyo was reportedly told to “shut-up” since he was a member of the opposition MDC-T
and assembly
party. Chidakwa is reported to have told Moyo not to expose him to Zanu PF for assisting an opposition supporter and
he urged him to seek land once he is back in Zanu PF.
unknown
Political
Zanu PF youths Lesson Mataga, Tariro Shoko, Editor Sirichena and Silas Shumba are alleged to be roaming around
Rights
Mataga Growth Point instilling fear in the residents by demanding that they vote for Zanu PF in the 2018 elections.
Freedom of
Heads of schools in Mberengwa South are reported to have been asked to submit staff lists to the Public Service office
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