further said that they should notify their people that no one should cast his/her vote at a polling station not
specified by the village head. These people then later said that this was done to see which polling station
would have voted for opposition parties. It was then discovered later that these people were not ZEC
officials as they had said.
Matebeleland North
Date
HR
Provincial highlights
Violated
6 April
Freedom of In Binga South constituency, it is alleged that the rural district council staff led by Benjamin Songoya, Amos
assembly
Munsaka among others went to Lusulu Business Centre and employed 40 youths from Zanu PF for purposes
and
of digging trenches and constructing a bridge 3-4km away along Chuuya road. It is said that the staff were
association
instructed to employ Zanu PF youth only by Songoya and his accomplices. Part of those that were employed
ended up registering their names to the responsible party officials as they feared exclusion from work.
However, those who resisted any association with Zanu PF lost out.
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