METHODOLOGY
This report is based on reports from ZPP long-term community based human rights monitors who
observe, monitor and record cases of human rights violations in the constituencies they reside. ZPP
deploys a total of 420 community-based primary peace monitors (two per each of the 210 electoral
constituencies of Zimbabwe). These community-based monitors reside in the constituencies they monitor.
They compile reports that are handed over to ZPP provincial coordinators who man the different ZPP
offices in the ten administrative provinces of Zimbabwe. Upon receipt and verifications of the reports
from the monitors, the provincial coordinators compile provincial monthly monitoring reports, which are
then consolidated at national office into the ZPP monthly monitoring reports published in retrospect.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The country has continued to record a decline in the number of politically motivated human rights
violations. Incidents of covert harassment, intimidation, assaults, displacement and discrimination are
commonly reported in all the 10 provinces. There was a significant decrease in the number of cases
recorded during the month of June to 188 as compared to the 217 cases witnessed in May 2014.
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The ZPP has continued to report incidents of
intra-party fighting within the country’s major
political parties of Zanu PF and the MDC-T ahead
of their congresses scheduled for December and
October respectively. Internal fighting within the
MDC-T has intensified in all the 10 provinces as
the faction led by party President Morgan
Tsvangirai has moved to meet with the structures
while the faction led by Secretary General Tendai
Biti has been doing the same pushing for the
renewal agenda.
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The internal fighting within Zanu PF was exposed when President Robert Mugabe openly disclosed
that there were weevils that were bent on destroying the party from within while addressing mourners
at former Minister Nathan Shamuyarira’s burial at the National Heroes’ Acre. President Mugabe said
Zanu PF had been infiltrated.
Not to be outdone, while addressing party youths in Mutare, Didymus Mutasa who is Presidential
Affairs minister, allegedly urged Zanu PF members to use “gamatox” to kill the weevils. The
statements culminated in the arrest of Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi who is accused of running
the shadowy Baba Jukwa Facebook page.
There were isolated cases of displacement of people in Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East and
Midlands. The Mashonaland Central case is based on non-payment for the labour services by the new
farmer and the withdrawal of labour by the workers. Others are cases with a flair of political
intolerance.
FOOD AND OTHER FORMS OF AID VIOLATIONS
Very few incidents of food violations were recorded this month and those recorded were based on
discrimination emanating from political intolerance within communities. Generally there has been
good harvest recorded throughout the country save for pockets of drought prone areas where food
distribution is required. For example, while the districts bordering Mozambique received good rains
and have reasonable harvests some constituencies such as Chimanimani, Chipinge and Buhera still
need food supplements.
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