Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum Teaching them a lesson: A report on the attack on Zimbabwean teachers ANALYSIS BY PROVINCE Incidents in this report account for eight of the ten provinces in the country. Harare and Bulawayo provinces had no reported incidences of violence against teachers. Masvingo province had the highest number of violations in the abduction, assault and death threats category. VIOLATIONS PER PROVINCE 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 M A S V IN G O LA M N A D S H S O N A LA N M D A E TE A S B T E LE LA N D M N A O TE R TH B E LE LA N D S O U TH M ID M A N M IC A S A H LA O N N D A LA N D C E N TR A L Abduction Assault Death Threats Displacement Firearms Offence Political Disc Political intim Property Related Right to Work School Closure Torture MANICALAND This province had the second highest number of torture and assault cases in the country carried out by Zanu PF supporters, youths and “war veterans”. Cases of state agent involvement were also reported. The CIO were reportedly involved in the torture of a teacher who is the MDC Provincial Vice-Organising Secretary, while another teacher alleged that he was constantly sought by the CIO at his home, until he fled. A pregnant teacher reportedly lost her baby soon after birth after a series of assaults by war veterans, Zanu PF youths and police officers. Her husband is the District Secretary for the MDC in the province. There was one school closure in the province. Buhera North 11 February 2002 A Zanu PF supporter allegedly attacked PM a teacher, with a beer bottle while he was having a drink with five people. One of them, Tafara Taderera, confronted him asking why PM wanted to kill him. Before he could answer he was struck on the left eye with a beer bottle. Taderera then used the broken bottle to scratch him all over his face and 5