human
were ordered to donate for independence celebrations by the District Chairperson of Mashuma district
dignity
and Morgan Masehwe. Each village was forced to pay a total amount of $20 for the celebration but only 6
personal
villages complied with the order. The Chairperson is alleged to have wanted to raise money to buy a cow
security
but this failed. The Chairperson only managed to buy 4 goats and eight broilers that were shared among
17 villagers. Each member of the village was supposed to contribute 50c to take part in the activity.
24 April
Right
to Two MDC factions are said to have destroyed each other’s property in Alaska ward 14 Chinhoyi. The two
personal
factions had a misunderstanding on the nomination of a Councillor who will contest in the 2018 elections.
security
The two MDC factions are being lead by Mai Mulochwa and Zifodya. It has emerged that one of the
victims in the violence has been hospitalised and the condition of the victim was reported as critical.
Masvingo
Date
HR Violated
Provincial highlights
16 April
Freedom
of In Mafula Ward 13 of Mwenezi East, it was reported that meetings were called by the village heads,
assembly
and between the 14th and the 17th of April. These meetings were allegedly for purposes of discussing
association
preparations for the Independence celebrations. The meetings which were compulsory for all the
Political rights
villagers in the ward were said to be part of the celebrations of the Zanu PF victory in the recent
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