7.9 Matebeleland South
Provincial
Highlights
In the quiet province of
Matabeleland North, Chief
Saba of Binga North ward 9
has continued to be in the
limelight for the wrong
reasons instructing village
heads to report any MDC
Alliance gatherings.
In Binga North and Tsholotsho
South. This has led to villagers
desisting from attending MDC
Alliance meetings for fear of being
removed from beneficiary lists of
food aid programs. Saba also
advised community heads to report
any NGOs that will come and
operate in his area.
finding out who did not vote for
Zanu PF in the 2023 elections.
One Fani Tshuma in Tsholotsho
promised loan benefits, inputs and
food aid programs for those that
will vote for Zanu PF, whereas,
another Zanu PF activist Silozwana
promised violence for those that do
not vote for the party.
Zanu PF activists have been
threatening villagers in communities to the police.
that the party has a mechanism of
7.10 Matebeleland South
In Matabeleland South,
Zanu PF activists are
going around door to
door, intimidating
villagers and coercing
them to support the
ruling party ahead of the
2023 elections and
villagers who resist get
threats and intimidation.
Opposition political parties in
the province have continued to
fight for space with the most
prominent one being the turf
battle between the MDC Alliance
and Mthwakazi Republic Party.
In one of the incidents, MDC
Alliance supporters ganged up
and assaulted a Mthwakazi
party member after he was
found tearing MDC Alliance
regalia. The matter was reported
to the police.