AUGUST 2017
Silobela leadership called for a “must” attend
meeting. Some of the identified Zanu PF leaders
who called for this meeting are Mzacana Sibanda
and Bekezela Sibanda. At the meeting which many
villagers around Langton farm attended due to fear
had a section where these attendees were forced to
sign forms, which confirmed assurance they were
going to vote for Zanu PF in the 2018 elections. It is
alleged that on the form one would promise that
they would vote for Zanu PF in the 2018 elections.
It was also alleged that since Langton Farm is an
informal settlement if one refused to sign the form
they were threatened with eviction from the
settlement. Some of the victims who were made to
sign these forms against their will were Peter
Sithole*, Patience Chingwe* and Fanuel Ncube*
Chapwanya was identified by the victim. It was
reported that the three Zanu PF youth including
Chapwanya allegedly further told Chivasa that they
had convincing evidence from reliable sources of
him telling people in Senga not to attend the two
functions. It was said Chivasa denied these
allegations and demanded to know the sources of
those allegations but the three Zanu PF youths
refused to reveal the names. It is alleged that the
three then went on to warn Chivasa that if he
remained an active member of the MDC-T they
(Zanu PF youth) will consider him an enemy
especially in this period building up towards the
2018 elections.
On 14 August, in Gokwe Sesame ward 12
Nemangwe a case of unfair discrimination on
political grounds at a Heroes’ day commemorations
football tournament was reported. On the day, all
local and interested football teams were invited to
participate in the tournament. It is alleged that Zanu
PF ward chairperson Clear Ncube prevented one
team from participating as they were said to be
MDC-T supporters. It is alleged that this was done
as its team members namely Polite Sibanda and
Lucky Mpini were suspected to be from the MDCT. This led to the dissolving of the team and
players who were not affected joined other teams
that had been allowed to participate in the
tournament.
Category of incident
August
2017
July
2017
Assault
2
0
Theft/looting
0
2
Discrimination
1
2
MDP
0
0
Intimidation/harassment
9
19
Disrupted Political Mtg
0
0
*Names of victims have been changed.
In Chiwundura on 17 August at Senga Business
Centre it was reported that three Zanu PF youths
confronted Edwin Chivasa and allegedly accused
him of telling some residents not to attend both the
Heroes and Defence Forces days’ commemorations.
Among the three youths only one Martin
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