In this section, we analyse the trends of politically motivated human
rights violations across the country.
This is part of the ZPP campaign encouraging citizens to resist, reject
and report violence ahead of the 2023 election.
The campaign, #RRRV2023 is specifically designed as an early
warning system of political violence with the view that relevant agents
can adopt preventive measures.
ELECTION
This is because ZPP has noted how community members are used to
mete out violence against each other and the moment they unite
against violence, peaceful contestation is likely to prevail. So, the
#RRRV2023 campaign, separates politically motivated human rights
violations from all the other forms of violations, and using a highly
sophisticated data analysis tool, ZPP maps the severity of the
violations to give an indication of the political volatility of each
province.
THE PREVALENCE
OF VIOLENCE IN
MASH CENTRAL
AND EAST IS
BECAUSE OF THE
REPRISALS
TARGETING THOSE
WHO SUPPORTED
THE CCC IN THE
LAST BY-ELECTION
As noted in the graph, Mashonaland Central province has the highest
number of politically motivated human rights violations with a total
of 17 politically motivated violations, 12 of which are serious and five
are severe.
Following Mashonaland Central is Mashonaland East, which has 11
politically motivated human rights violations.
It is interesting to note that in all the provinces, there were
pronounced incidents of political activity by Zanu PF and CCC, with
supporters of CCC being the majority of the victims.
As noted earlier in this report, the prevalence of violence in
Mashonaland Central and East is because of the reprisals targeting
those who supported the CCC in the last by-election and it is an
attempt by Zanu PF to create an environment of fear ahead of the
2023 elections.
Using a highly sophisticated data analysis tool, ZPP maps the severity of the violations to give an
indication of the political volatility of each province.
NATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Bulawayo
Mild
serious
severe
Harare
2
Manicalan
d
Mashonal
Mashonal Mashonal
Matabelel Matabelel
and
Masvingo
Midlands
and East and West
and North and South
Central
1
6
5
1
2
12
8
6
5
2
2
7
1
2
1
2
16