Provincial Summaries
Bulawayo
There were not much inter-party violations recorded in Bulawayo for the month of
November. However, intra party conflict within both Zanu -PF and the Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC-T) continued unabated. Several Zanu-PF meetings were
abandoned due to internal disagreements in Lobengula and Luveve.
Highlights:
On 13 November 2015, at Luveve Open Park in Ward 15, Nehanda District,
during a Zanu-PF re-structuring exercise, aspiring chairperson, Kidwel Mujuru,
who defected from the MDC-T in 2013, allegedly hired a group of drunken youths
to disrupt the meeting. He was supposed to contest against the sitting chairperson,
one, Sithole, who told him he was supposed to wait for some time as he recently
joined the party. The elections were then abandoned after the rowdy youths hurled
insults and threatened to beat up people.
Harare
November was one of the most violent months in Harare in 2015. Violent clashes
between Zanu-PF and MDC-T supporters took place in Harare South which left a number
of MDC-T supporters injured. In a bizarre incident, a Zanu-PF supporter Proud
Mupandwa axed dead two of his party colleagues in Manyame Park in Chitungwiza
before it is alleged he took his own life in police custody before he even appeared in
court. First Lady Grace Mugabe held a rally at Shawasha Grounds in Mbare on 19
November 2015. People were forced to attend the rally in Mbare as well as another one in
Chitungwiza.
Zanu-PF had elections in most wards to choose cell committee members and district
chairpersons. These were elected in preparation for the party conference in Victoria Falls
early December. Some of the elections were reported to have been chaotic as contestants
accused each other of irregularities. Areas which recorded chaotic elections include
Highfield, Epworth, Kambuzuma and St Marys. Zanu-PF colleagues fought amongst
themselves.
There were reports that people in Glen View South were forced to attend Zanu- PF
meetings which were held three times a week during the period under review. Residents
were also forced to take cell positions imposed on them in Glen View South against their
will.
In other developments, on 1 November 2015, Zanu-PF supporters stopped an MDC-T
rally, following this the situation became very violent.
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