6 | MONTHLY MONITORING REPORT
APRIL 2024
Violations of Right to Personal Security,
Intimidation and Harassment
In April, ZPP recorded violations of the right to personal security, and cases of
intimidation and harassment. A 37-year-old male Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC)
activist was brutally assaulted by a group of eight ZANUP PF youths in Epworth
South, Overspill area in Ward 7. The assailants, wearing the ruling party’s t-shirts,
accused the victim of supporting Nelson Chamisa and that he was associated with
Zimbabwean sanctions and the suffering of citizens. In Kadoma Central five Citizen
Coalition for Change (CCC) youths were brutally assaulted by ZANU PF youths at
Machipisa shopping centre in Ward 2. A mob of ruling party youths descended on the
victims with sticks accusing them of standing adjacent to ZANU PF offices. The
victims were standing along the road looking for transport when the perpetrators
descended on them. The incident happened in full view of some police officers who
neither intervened nor assisted the victims who sustained serious injuries.
Former Chegutu West Legislator Dexter Nduna threatened the management of
Kajombo Mine with unspecified action for employing workers affiliated with the
opposition political parties. Nduna approached the management of the mine and
accused them of employing Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters instead of
ZANU PF supporters. He claimed unemployed ruling party members are suffering,
described the workers aligned to the CCC as enemies and threatened to disrupt
normal operations. He said, “vanhu vemusangano vari kutambura kutsvaka mabasa
imwi muchipinza mhandu dzeCCC zvino hapasi kuzoshandika", (ruling party
members are struggling to find jobs yet you are employing enemies therefore there
won't be normal operations here). It is said that the management asked him to
identify the CCC members but Nduna claimed that the mine had employed close to
500 CCC youths from different wards.
RECOMMENDATIONS
ZPP urges the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, awaiting the
operationalisation of the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission,
to investigate the conduct of the military forces.
The commission should further cause the Parliament to be informed,
promptly and in appropriate detail, of the reasons for the deployment and
conduct of the army within Zimbabwe in so far as the political
accountability for the deployment of defence forces is concerned as
enshrined in Section 214 of the Constitution.
ZPP recommends that the officers of the Zimbabwe Republic Police
conduct themselves in a manner that is ethical and that promotes public
safety.
ZPP urges the Zimbabwe Republic Police to investigate all reported
criminal cases including those that include political actors in the ruling
party.