Emmerson Mnangagwa at Chigwedere Centre in Hwedza North on 11 April 2015. There were less
than 500 people in attendance and yet 5 wards were expected to attend.
The opposition MDC-T is reported to have experienced intra party violence on 18 April 2015 in Ward
4 Ruwa, Goromonzi South where a former Councillor was assaulted by Davison Chamisa and Pepukai
Gwangwari. Factions have developed in the area as the party prepares for 2018 elections. The
assaulted Councilor was against the campaign for Shadow MP Milton Mhene as he supports Wilfred
Tanga as the 2018 candidate. The difference in choice of candidates led to violence which left the
victim with minor injuries that were treated at Ruwa rehabilitation hospital while the perpetrators
were detained at a police station and released after a day.
Bulawayo
On 6 April 2015 in Luveve a Zanu PF youth and aspiring candidate for Luveve constituency was
threatened with unspecified action by fellow party members led by Zanu PF district women’s league
chairperson Mrs Moyo Ngwabi who also wanted to be the party candidate. The aspiring candidate of
the ruling party was insulted, harassed and intimidated and advised not to challenge “elders”.
Harare
On 23 April 2015 Budiriro Member of Parliament Costa Machingauta along with ten other activists
including Rhodrick Kahuni, Ethel Edward and Handsome Nyoni were viciously attacked by suspected
Zanu PF supporters with fists and iron bars. So severe was the attack that MP Machingauta had to be
hospitalized. On 25 April 2015 in Budiriro a house belonging to Zanu-PF Harare youth league Chair,
Godwin Gomwe, was petrol-bombed by unknown assailants. It is however noted that no arrests
were made in the Costa Machingauta assault case but three suspected MDC T supporters were
arrested in connection with the petrol bombing of Godfrey Gomwe’s house.
On 26 April 2015 a mob of almost 1000 Zanu PF supporters stormed St Mary’s Anglican Church in
Chitungwiza during worship and blocked the congregation from leaving the building for over three
hours. The Zanu PF youths demanded that the vicar turn over to them a nearby plot of land owned
by the church. The grouphad reportedly invaded the open piece of land and went on to subdivide
the land into residential stands for party members.The land, which measures about 82 hectares, is
located between St Mary’s Police Station and Chikwanha business centre. The actions by the youths
were illegal; Section 71 of the Zimbabwean Constitution stipulates that no person may be
compulsorily deprived of their property.
Matebeleland North
In Simangani Rural District Council(RDC) Ward 10, at Makwa Irrigation Scheme two NGOs assisted
villagers with farm inputs and the villagers then invited Arex officer Mrs Skeever Ndlovu and Farming
officer Mrs Ndiweni to come and teach them. As the meeting was in progress, Zanu PF activists
Promise Dube, Simon Nkomazana, Sibusiso Ncube, EuginiaMbwende and Beauty Mpofu and others
disrupted the meeting claiming everyone had to join Zanu PF to be able to access any food aid or
relief program. They declared even education support or medical treatment at local clinics would be
accessed by Zanu PF members only.
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