METHODOLOGY
This report is based on reports from ZPP long-term community based human rights monitors who observe,
monitor and record cases of human rights violations in the constituencies they reside. ZPP deploys a total of
420 community-based primary peace monitors (two per each of the 210 electoral constituencies of
Zimbabwe). These community-based monitors reside in the constituencies they monitor. They compile
reports that are handed over to ZPP provincial coordinators who man the different ZPP offices in the ten
administrative provinces of Zimbabwe. Upon receipt and verifications of the reports from the monitors, the
provincial coordinators compile provincial monthly monitoring reports, which are then consolidated at
national office into the ZPP monthly monitoring reports published in retrospect.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The majority of the incidents reported in January 2015 are related to the distribution of agricultural
inputs and food inputs. Issues of this nature are topical during this time of the year because that’s
when most farmers will be in need of agricultural inputs and the time also coincides with the
hunger/lean season.
ZPP has recorded numerous cases in which the right to food and education is being denied to people
on the basis of their political identity. On 23 January 2015 at Dongadilika Bottle Store in Bubi, Ward 7
in Matebeleland North, Stephen Dube, a Zanu PF official registering people as recipients of fertiliser
under the Presidential Input Scheme refused to register a well known MDC-T member saying that
the fertiliser and seed scheme was for Zanu PF members only. The discrimination of food and
agricultural aid was not only targeted at opposition supporters but also at Zanu PF members
perceived to belong to the faction allegedly led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru. In one of
many cases, on 25 January 2015, in Chikanga Township, in Mutare a Zanu PF activist Edward
Gurudza denied another Zanu PF member perceived to belong to the Mujuru faction fertilizer
distributed under the Presidential Input Scheme. The discrimination on the basis of political
affiliation also extended to other sectors like education. In Bindura South village Head Leonard
Madamombe of Nekati village was tasked to list the names of children who were to be assisted
through on the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM). The village head gave preference to
children whose parents were members of Zanu PF and those whose parents were MDC-T supporters
were told that they would be contacted later.
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Figure 1: January 2015 Intra-party Violations - Percentage of Reported Cases
Under the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZimAsset) the
Zimbabwean government has committed itself to addressing the challenges of food insecurity and
undernourishment. One of the plans under the ZimAsset food security cluster includes the provision
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