JULY 2017
shirts visited and threatened former ZanuPF ward 10
chairperson, Benjamin Muzondiwa. It is alleged that the
youths came to the victim’s residence and initially took
an empty tin and started beating it making loud noise. It
was then reported that when the victim came out to see
what was happening, the three youths then confronted
Muzondiwa and allegedly told him if ZanuPF wins the
coming by-election and the 2018 polls they will come
back and deal with him accordingly.
Still in Chiwundura at Muchakata Business Centre it
was reported that on 22 July the ZanuPF district
chairperson, Nobert Muputa, told party supporters at a
meeting that they should adopt a radical approach when
dealing with the opposition going into the 2018 polls. It
was alleged that Muputa further told the gathering that
MDC-T party supporters must be assaulted. He then
ordered the ZanuPF members who had attended this
meeting to go back to their branches and devise ways of
making the MDC-T fear to contest in Chiwundura in
2018. Muputa said he expects feedback on the task
during their next meeting scheduled for 3 August 2017.
Category of incident
Assault
Theft/looting
Discrimination
MDP
Intimidation/harassment
Disrupted Political Mtg
July 2017
0
2
2
0
22
0
June 2017
3
1
4
1
17
1
*Names of victims have been changed.
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