Mash East
Total
41
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Theft/Looting
Discrimination
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to liberty and security of person
Property rights
Right to food, aid and livelihood
14
6
1
5
26
Discrimination
Right to food, aid and livelihood
4
Harassment/Intimidation
Displacement
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to Property
10
1
15
Total
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Masvingo
Mash West
Ø
Harassment/Intimidation
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
9
Discrimination
Right to food, aid and livelihood
7
Assault
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
1
17
6
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conducting farming business at the farm without clearance from the farm
owner. The victims are former farm workers and have even worked for the
new farm owner Flavien Zinyemba. The workers had allegedly gone for
years without pay and in an effort to raise income; they planted crops on
small plots without the consent of the new farm owner who subsequently
approached Glendale police for their eviction.
The month of January 2014 has registered an increase in the number of
politically motivated incidents despite the fact that the province has of late
enjoyed relative peace. A total of 26 cases have been recorded as
compared to 21 cases last month.
An MDC-T activist who contested the July 31 elections for the position of
councilor in Ward 4 Mutoko was openly denied access to maize seed and
fertilizers distributed by the incumbent Kenias Katsiga of Zanu PF.This
happened in full view of the terrorized villagers near Musanhi Secondary
school on January 4, 2014.
The political environment remained unchanged as those who openly
showed allegiance to MDC-T during the July 2013 elections are still being
punished. The victims are continually being denied access to government
subsidised food aid being distributed through the GMB.
The remaining white commercial farmers in the province are facing fresh
victimisation and eviction threats. Threats of eviction have been reported
in Banket, Raffingora and Lion’s Den. On 23 January Peter Joachim who
is a white farmer was ordered by a group of war veterans from Harare to
vacate his farm in Banket.He was forced out of the house and his property
was thrown out. He lost 80 bales of tobacco suspected to have been stolen
by the war veterans. The same group of war veterans reportedly ordered
Colleen Langton from T.T.C Mutemwa farm to leave his farm.
The political environment in Masvingo has remained very tense as the
government moved in to monitor NGOs in the province. On 24 January
2014, the Minister of State for provincial affairs for Masvingo
Kudakwashe Bhasikiti requested all NGO’s to present their 2014 activity
plans and sign MOUs before they can start operations.
The council by-elections held on 25 January in ward 32, Zaka East had
Zanu PF, National Constitutional Assembly and MDC-T campaigning in
the district. Zanu PF reportedly distributed one thousand two hundred bags
of fertiliser during the campaign. Although no physical violations were
reported, there were several cases of discrimination in the distribution of