2.3 Povincial
Highlights
Mashonaland East
“Burn mine, I will burn yours”
In Mashonaland East, ZanuPF’s mobilization for five
million votes dominated the political activities in the
area, and some of those who did not take part in the
process were harassed and threatened as has become
the unfortunate norm of politics in Zimbabwe.
Villagers were being coerced to attend ZanuPF meetings
and the party’s Coordinating officers and councilors
generally used hate speech to intimidate people, saying
there are plans to ‘violently wipe out all MDC Alliance
activists before the 2023 elections’.
In Marondera Central in Nyameni and surrounding
residential suburbs, ZanuPF activists namely Rose
Makoni, Garikayi Matondo and Dzingai Chihowa went
door to door, forcing residents to submit personal details
to be inputted into the ZanuPF list of members.
Residents in some parts of Marondera said ‘this has been
going on for a while,’ and that those who do not provide
the details receive all forms of threats.
Mashonaland West
ZIMBABWE PEACE PROJECT
MONTHLY MONITORING REPORT
JULY 2021
“Brute force”
In Mashonaland West, there was widespread police
brutality and of grave concern was how the police used
brute and unlawful means to deal with citizens who
breached COVID-19 protocols.
In Mashonaland West 70 percent of the human rights
abuse cases recorded were attributed to the police and
the army.
The violations included assault, harassment, intimidation,
extortion and inhuman and degrading treatment.
It is of grave concern that the police did not use the
proper procedures of dealing with offenders and by
using brutal methods, they continued to further expose
themselves, the offenders and other citizens to COVID19 infections.
In Chegutu East, at Mkwasha Business Centre ZanuPF
Councillor Obert Simunyu allegedly led a physical and
verbal attack on Central Mechanical Equipment
Department (CMED) workers responsible for the
recruitment of casual labourers for a road rehabilitation
project in the constituency. This was after the CMED
workers had not shortlisted some ZanuPF youths for the
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casual work.