Zimbabwe Peace Project
POLITICIZATION OF FOOD SECURITY
ZANU PF is using the exclusion of citizens during food aid distributions as a tool to
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advance their ideologies, exacerbated by the recent poor harvests. This practice has
significant implications for the food security of villagers, many of whom rely on
agriculture for their livelihood.
Since January 2025, ZPP has documented 79cases of this nature, affecting 5122 people
(2939 women and 2183 men, with 185 PWDs. On 18 August 2025, at Stanmore A Village in
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Ward 32, Masvingo North Constituency, a community meeting was held where Nyasha
Chigutsa, the ZANU PF Cell Chairman, and Philmon Taderera, the Cell Secretary,
addressed local residents regarding collection of 10kg of grain. During the gathering, the
two party officials announced that all beneficiaries of the presidential agricultural input
program are now expected to "repay" the government's support by contributing a 10kg bag
of maize or small grains to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). This contribution, they
stated, would be collected under the Zunde raMambo initiative which is a communal
reserve meant to support vulnerable members of society. The officials reportedly warned
that failure to comply with this directive would result in residents being excluded from
future government assistance, including food aid programs. The farmers end up giving
the maize so as not to miss out on Presidential inputs, which they rely on for farming.
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