looting every store that belonged to ZANU PF supporting businessmen. The entire business centre is now laid to waste. While the anger of people who have lost everything can be empathised with, retaliatory violence must be condemned. A cycle of violence and retaliation bodes very ill for the immediate and longer term in Zimbabwe, and in fact feeds into the ZANU strategy as it allows them to claim that violence is on both sides, and to use any MDC violence to step up their own attacks against unarmed, defenceless, rural civilians. 3. ZANU PF Members of Parliament: In several constituencies in Mashonaland, the winning ZANU PF MPs have been shockingly implicated as spear-heading the violence. The two most appalling examples of this is the alleged involvement of Minister of Health, David Parirenyatwa in orchestrating and inciting violence in his Murehwa North constituency during April 67 , and of the direct involvement of retired Major Cairo Mandhu in the public beatings and murders of at least six people in Mazowe North in the first week of May. 68 If the allegations against Parirenyatwa are substantiated, then it is the recommendation of the authors that he is struck off the medical register in Zimbabwe, and is blacklisted by all international medical associations. No doctor can incite torture and violence against unarmed civilians and remain true to the principles of the Hippocratic Oath. Allegations of assault against Major Mandhu need investigating. 4. Perpetrators - locals An alarming aspect of the violence is the fact that community members and even family members are committing these brutal acts against one another. In Mashonaland almost every body reporting violations can report the names of at least some of the perpetrators. Mashonko fought in DRC and he is the commander near Kapfura. Then there is Oswell Kasakura and Dover Mutekede who both have and use guns. Pikisai Mapika Mike Chiwodza the councillor of ward three, these are some of the worst ones. Then there is Magobo a war vet , then Nyathi Rueben Nyathi and Edmore Zunye a war vet. I can say the war vets, there is Aron Jeke, all the war vets are involved in these issues, and the leaders of the mujibas. Things are not good at our homes, all of my youths whom they captured are at the bases and are forced to move with them at night, and involve them in their acts. We can no longer survive in my area, please help me I no longer know how my life will be. [victim from Maranga Pfungwe]. I managed to identify the people who attacked my home, the first person who I managed to identify was my cousin!!! He is the son of my father’s older brother. He is a councillor for ZANU PF. I looked after this boy and put him through school up to Form Six. His name is MC.… I have five hectare of cotton and I managed to hide there so they couldn’t see me, but they were in the light made by my burning kitchen and the petrol bombs that were burning on the other side of the house. So I could see that they were armed they had guns and wanted to shoot me. I saw Mike Chiwodza, Takemore Nyathi a war vet, Rueben Nyathi a war vet, Maka Nyabani war vet, Peter Nyauyanga former youth leader, Petros Nyauyanga Zanu youth, Trust Nyauyanga Zanu youth. These are all people who I live with and know. [victim from Mudzi] …. In Mutoko as a whole, ZANU PF have started putting their bases at every polling station be it a school. They are being commanded from Mutoko centre by Wise Hodz. They’ve lots of cars and they’re going around burning houses, like my house there is absolutely nothing left. Next to 67 68 The authors have sworn affidavits testifying to his involvement on record. Events at Chaona are the most sadistic to have been reported to the authors so far: see end of this report. 31