Province
Date
HR Violated
Provincial highlights
Midlands
20 October
Right to Food
Zanu PF Ward 9 Gokwe Chireya Councillor, Bhano, told villagers that whoever was going to
attend an MDC-T rally on 21 October at the ward centre would be scratched from the food
register. As a result of the threat, the MDC-T rally was poorly attended.
Freedom of
Association
20 October
Right to Water
Freedom of
Association
In Nyoka village ward 10 of Chiundura the Zanu PF appointed borehole minder Thomas
Fengu told *Florence Mugadza a known MDC-T supporter to go and fetch water in ward 11
where MDC-T has a sitting councillor. Fengu went on to remove Mugadza’s containers from
the queue.
Right to human
dignity
Right to personal
security
22 October
Freedom of
Association
Access to agricultural inputs was denied MDC-T supporters, *Justice Choga and *Oswell
Masina, when the two were allegedly scratched from the government free agricultural input
scheme register by Elias Bvumbanyama and Michael Tupe (Zanu PF).
24 October
Right to Food
At a meeting addressed by MP Leonard Chikomba in Gokwe North the MP is alleged to have
heightened intimidation by saying that only Zanu PF members will get maize and MDC-T
supporters first have to hand over their membership cards if they want to benefit from the food
aid scheme.
Freedom of
Association
28 October
Right to Food
Freedom of
Association
At Ndebele village, ward 24 in Silobela, 66 year-old *Donald Ncube was allegedly scratched
from the food aid register by councillor Munashe Mapayo who accused Ncube of supporting
MDC-T.
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