claimed they were acting on the instructions of James Moses
identification number. Robson is alleged to have further told
Zunu a Midlands Zanu PF provincial member. The move is
the residents that there was going to be distribution of rice and
alleged to have instilled fear in the villagers as they did not
which was only going to be given to those who have
know and understand why this had been done.
registered hence his collecting of registration slips as proof of
one having been registered to vote. Robson is believed to be a
On 27 January, in Gweru-Mkoba, ward 9, it was reported that
former member of the Zimbabwe National Army.
the Zanu PF leadership tasked its members Christine Chingwa
and one identified as Grace to collect voter registration slips’
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serial numbers from residents. it is alleged the serial numbers
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Jan 2018
Assault
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Theft/looting
0
0
Discrimination
0
3
Torture
0
0
voter registration serial numbers’ at a meeting of the ward. It
Intimidation/harassment
6
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is reported that Mazise, informed those gathered that the 2018
Disrupted
0
0
polls were going to be free and all villagers were going to be
Meeting
allowed to make their political choices freely. He further told
*Names of victims have been changed.
were being collected from their fellow Zanu PF members
only.
On 29 January, in ward 16 Tchoda in Gokwe-Gumunyu, it is
reported that one Moses Mazise, asked villagers to handover
the gathering that he was a Zanu PF provincial member and he
had come to ward 16 to strengthen the Zanu PF party before
proceeding to ask villagers to surrender voter registration
serial numbers.
It is reported that in Kwekwe-Mbizo, a Zanu PF activist
identified as Robson but known as Jamaica in the area went
around the ward collecting residents’ voter slips serial
numbers. The serial numbers were then listed against one’s
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