Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, aid and livelihood
Property Rights
56
10
7
1
74
Harassment/intimidation
Discrimination
Displacement
Total
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to food, education
Property rights
12
2
1
16
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Discrimination
Right to personal integrity and human dignity
Right to liberty and security of person
Right to food, aid and livelihood
24
1
2
Mahs
West
Mash Central
Midlands
Harassment/intimidation
Assault
Discrimination
Displacement
Total
6
The prevalence of politically motivated violence is relatively low in the Midlands
Province. There only a few pockets of areas where incidents of harassment,
intimidation and discrimination based on one’s political intimidations are reported
and these include some portions of Gokwe, Mberengwa, Chirumanzu and Sebagwe.
ZANU PF members led by Cainos Mpala ordered a man who runs a grinding
mill at Wind Mill Centre in Silobela Ward 24, Village 4 to remove his grinding
mill because he was not known in the area and that he had no right to make
money in the ZANU PF territory. The victim is suspected to belong to an
opposition party. The incident took place on 3 May 2014.
An MDCT councillor in Red Cliff, Kwekwe, of Rutendo Ward 5 was on May
31, 2014, expelled from the party for allegedly voting for ZANU PF councillors
at an elective council meeting.
Evictions and displacements continue to take place in the province targeting former
farm workers. Incidents of harassment, intimidation and discrimination are reported
from various parts of the province.
17 May 2014- At Protea farm Glendale Mazowe South; ten families were
served with eviction notices by the new farm owner Flavien Zinyemba. This
adds to twenty one people under eviction at the same farm. The first eleven
families were served with eviction order notices in early May. Zinyemba
sought an eviction order after the farm workers refused to work for him and
had cleared tracks of land for farming as means for livelihoods. The victims
claimed that they had worked for the farm owner without payment for their
labour for a long time.
2 May 2014- MDC-T supporter of St Albert’s Growth point in Muzarabani
South, was denied access to GMB maize loan by ZANU PF Councillor Ashton
Chiweshe and Sam Gonanguruve because of his political affiliation. The area
did not receive enough rainfall thus food aid is a necessity to supplement their
meagre harvests.
11 May 2014- At Muonwe Business Centre Bindura South, Abraham
Mhembere of Chitunhu village denied some members of the community access
to farm inputs and food aid for failing to attend the Independence Celebrations.
The victims were denied a bucket of fertilizer each donated by the constituency
MP-Remigio Matangira.
Generally incidents of political violence have drastically gone done in Mashonaland
West however cases of harassment and intimidation are taking place almost on a
daily basis. The prevalence of incidents harassment and intimidation could be