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Mashonaland East
In Mashonaland East, ZPP documented 14 human rights violations affecting 155 people (81 women and 74 men) in
August 2025. The most disturbing case occurred in Murewa North’s Ward 30 at Zihute Hall, where the Member of
Parliament for Murewa North and a government minister Honourable Daniel Garwe addressed a ZANU PF meeting
and issued chilling threats, declaring that opposition supporters would be “mashed by hand.” Such statements by a
senior public official represent a direct incitement to violence and a serious violation of the rights to personal
security, dignity, and political participation. Beyond this, communities in Goromonzi South, Mutoko South, and
Marondera West experienced systematic harassment, coercion, and intimidation. Residents were forced to make
financial contributions for political events, surrender grain under the presidential inputs scheme, and comply with
directives under threat of eviction, exclusion from government aid, or future denial of farming support. These
practices reveal an entrenched pattern of abuse where livelihoods are weaponised to enforce political loyalty and
silence dissent.
Manicaland
In Manicaland Province, ZPP recorded 22 human rights violations affecting 428 people (247 women and 181 men,
including 65 PWDs). In some of the grave abuses, victims were subjected to assaults and widespread forced grain
contributions. In Buhera South, Nyanga South, and Chimanimani West, villagers, including people with disabilities, were
compelled to surrender at least 10kg of grain per household under threats of exclusion from future agricultural inputs,
while in some wards, residents were coerced to provide as much as 50kg of maize, effectively stripping already
struggling households of their harvests. These directives, enforced by village heads and party officials, left entire
communities in fear, especially those in areas where villagers experienced little yield. Alongside these violations, vendors
in Mutare faced harassment and confiscation of goods by municipal police personnel, and in some areas such as
Mutasa central constituency and Chimanimani, villagers were pressured to make monetary contributions for political
events. Collectively, these practices expose systemic coercion, intimidation, and the weaponisation of livelihoods for
political control.
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