FOOD AND OTHER VIOLATIONS
Manicaland
On 24 October 2015, Bevin Chibi, a Form Four pupil at St Andrews
Mweyamutsvene Secondary School in Ward 24, Mutare West was denied
permission to write at least two Ordinary Level examinations by the
exams invigilator Nyasha Rubende - a teacher at the school, who is also
the headmaster’s wife. The pupil, who comes from a poor family, had
come to the school on bare foot as he did not have shoes. When the
invigilator saw the victim without shoes on, she directed that he should
go home and look for shoes. When the pupil returned after securing the
shoes, the papers had already been written.
Mashonaland Central
On 2 October 2015, the headman of Tarunda Village, Ward 17 in
Muzarabani South, Russia Sabawu, refused to register former village
head, Regis Charunda, to get maize from GMB. Charunda was
discriminated against because he is an MDC-T member. Sabawu indicated
that the former headman would not be registered because he is still an
MDC-T member hence his name was excluded from the list sent to GMB.
On 16 October 2015, Julius Zanza (not real name) was forced to pay
US$10 council levy by village head, Edward Katanda, in Chiyangwa
Village, Ward 11 Guruve South to be included in the inputs beneficiary
lists. Zanza is an MDC-T supporter and the levy was said to cover 2014
and 2015 season.
In Glendale, Sandra Nzanga and Super Zvidzai (not their real names) of
MDC –T maize for food relief sourced from the GMB by the local
leadership. They were told that only Zanu-PF members would have
access to the maize. Those who were given food relief received bags of
50kg maize.
On 28 October 2015, some maize was brought to Ward 12 and sold at
US$2.50 for a 50kg bag. Earnest Dhimba (not real name) an MDC-T
member was denied access to buy the maize at Bueke Business Centre in
Darwin East because of his party affiliation.
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