the latest cases having been reported in Lupane West and Nkayi South constituencies.
Ø 18 June 2014- An MDC councillor was harassed and unlawfully detained by
members of the ZRP at Lupane Centre, Lupane West constituency. It is alleged
that the MDC councillor had opposed a motion which had been moved by the
council chair during a full council meeting and he was supported by fellow MDCT councillors. A few minutes’ later ZRP detectives descended upon the venue and
demanded to see the MDC councillor in question and quizzed him on why he was
opposing the motion. The councillor was taken away to Lupane police camp
where he was detained over night. He was released the following day after the
intervention of some lawyers.
Ø 28 June 2014- Zanu PF officials, Tholiwe Nkala, and Nicholas Sibanda led by
Lupane East MP Sithembile Gumbo forcibly used the premises of Jibajiba Primary
School, Lupane to hold their meeting without permission from the school head and
the School Development Committee. The perpetrators who are reported to have
used two classrooms and the school kitchen are reported to have simply told the
headmaster of the school and the School Development Committee members that
they wanted to hold a meeting at the school. Procedurally anyone who wants to
use the school premises is required to book in advance and pay $20 a day for the
service which did not happen in the afore-mentioned case.
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The province is relatively calm as political parties are very busy with their internal
affairs such as the preparations for the congresses planned for the end of the year. Zanu
PF is using any given opportunity to popularise itself before the next election. The party
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