AUGUST 2017
instructed village heads to move around Nekati and
Masembura villages collecting $1 contributions
from each family. During the process, villagers
without money were told to contribute food or risk
not benefiting from government agricultural inputs
or food aid programmes.
In Mazowe South ward 16, an MDC-T activist
Langton Magaso was evicted from his residence at
Adura farm by a group of Zanu PF youths led by
Love Kamwiyo. It is alleged that on 4 August, after
laying to rest an old man identified as Vasoko at
Adura cemetery, about 20 ruling party youths
arrived at Magaso‘s premises in the company of
traditional dancers who sang revolutionary songs
accusing him of witchcraft. They named Magaso a
wizard ordering him to pack all his belongings and
leave the farm. When Magaso defied their orders,
the youths forcefully entered his home and removed
all household goods. The possessions were loaded
in a vehicle which transported Magaso
approximately 8km away where he was dumped. In
a telephone interview Magaso’s son Stephen
confirmed the incident. He reported that on 14
August his father was forced to relocate to his rural
home at Madzviva village in Mount Darwin.
Langton Magaso evicted in Mazowe South
Community witnessing the eviction
In Mazowe Central, a National People’s Party
(NPP) activist Lucia Vheremu was left naked when
Zanu PF youths forced her to remove opposition
party regalia at Daisy farm ward 8. It is alleged that
on 5 August Zanu PF youths Luke Tomu, Musa
Sande and Lameck Tirigu identified Vheremu
wearing an NPP T/shirt and forced her to remove it
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