In October, 15 police officers were
arrested after they assaulted Zanu
PF supporters in Mupandira near
the provincial capital, Bindura, and
the matter allegedly got the
attention of President Mnangagwa
who allegedly suspended some
senior officers (see Mashonaland
central Section).
Chamisa’s party claimed that a
vehicle in which Chamisa was
travelling was shot at. The party
showed images of the vehicle’s
broken windows.
In Zaka Zanu PF supporters stoned
Chamisa’s convoy and videos made
rounds of the altercations.
Soon after the Zaka attack on
For Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Chamisa, Zanu PF Political
and Masvingo, the politically
Commissar Patrick Chinamasa
motivated human rights violations admitted that the attack had been
are related to the visit by the
executed by his party members and
opposition MDC Alliance leader
added that the MDC Alliance leader
Nelson Chamisa’s tour into these
‘provoked’ Zanu PF supporters who
provinces.
retaliated by attacking his convoy.
Zanu PF continued to mobilise its
supporters to either disrupt or
counter Chamisa’s activities and in
some cases state security agents
were involved in what remains as
cause for concern considering that
political freedoms are guaranteed
by the Constitution.
In Mutare, Manicaland province,
On the same day, government
spokesperson, Nick Mangwana
vehemently denied the involvement
of Zanu PF and instead, bizarrely
accused the MDC Alliance of stagemanaging their own attack using
the same language that government
has used to accuse civil and
political activists of abducting
themselves.
Name of Province
Severity
Rate
Highest Rate
Bulawayo
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
Fatal
Severe
Serious
Mild
0
0
2
1
0
2.6
2.3
0
0
1.6
1.9
0.3
0
1.7
2.5
0.2
0
1.4
2.5
0.3
2
2.4
1.6
0.4
2
Harare
Manicaland
Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland East
Mashonaland West
Masvingo
Matabeleland North
Matabeleland South
Midlands
2.6
1.9
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.5
2.3
2.5
0.3
0
1.5
3
0
0
4
0
0
2.3
2.6
3
4
2.6
Overall Color Code
for the Province.