16 back to Rusape. The witness also testified that he was told that Shadreck Chipanga, Zanu (PF) MP for Makoni East and respondent in the case, was present at the initial gathering of Zanu (PF) supporters in Rusape. Mount Darwin South – Savior Kasukuwere Describing his story in a medical assessment, a witness described how Zanu (PF) candidate Savior Kasukuwere had assaulted him with an iron bar. He lost his right eye as a result of the attack. Murehwa North – Osward Chitongo Precious Manezhu testified that on the second day of her detention at Zexcom, Osward Chitongo, the Zanu (PF) candidate, arrived and was informed by the Zanu (PF) supporters that they were holding MDC supporters there. Chitongo declared that all MDC supporters should be beaten up. He gave the Zanu (PF) supporters money to be used for food. He had a fleet of cars with him that ferried Zanu (PF) supporters back and forth to beat up MDC members. Mutoko South – Olivia Muchena A witness testified that Zanu (PF) candidate for Mutoko South, MD. Muchena, made statements advocating violence at a rally on 27 May 2000 at the Cornerstone Business Centre, in which four abducted MDC members were paraded on display. Muchena allegedly said that the MDC was the “white man’s party” and urged Zanu (PF) supporters to kill any MDC supporters. Two abducted MDC supporters were brought to the rally by truck. They were brought to Muchena who led the crowd in chanting Zanu (PF) slogans. Later, two more MDC members were brought in handcuffs in a separate truck. A speaker told the crowd that the MDC members would never be seen again. Zvishavane – Pearson Mbalekwa Fredy Shumba gave evidence in one of the more damning allegations against Mbalekwa. He claimed that he was accosted and forced to attend a Zanu (PF) meeting at which Mbalekwa was present. At the meeting he alleges that Mbalekwa and ‘D.K.’ each produced firearms and told supporters that they would be given guns to kill MDC members. He is also alleged to have said that the government had given Zanu (PF) members the power to kill and maim and that they would not be arrested. At a separate incident Shumba alleges that Mbalekwa addressed a crowd in the Zvishavane constituency and produced a pair of binoculars. He told the crowd that this was a ‘machine’ that they used to see who voted for the MDC and to take pictures of those people. His supporters would then go from homestead to homestead killing those who voted for the MDC. Shumba also appealed to the judge for protection after his testimony was completed. ‘If anything happens to my parents or relatives, I want the court to know that it is because of Mr. Mbalekwa or D.K.’, he said. The poll petitions of Chikomba and Bindura were cases not finally heard by the High Court, but also contained allegations of serious crimes. Both cases were cancelled due to the death of the respondents. Chenjerai ‘Hitler’ Hunzvi, the militant leader of the “war veterans”, who was the MP for Chikomba, and Border Gezi, the MP for Bindura, Minister of Employment, Gender and Youth, as well as a member of the Zanu (PF) politburo, died in June and May, respectively. Though none of the alleged were revealed in court in these above cases, it is of note that there were allegations that Chenjerai Hunzvi did perpetrate threats and intimidation in another area of the country during election time. Hunzvi traveled to Masvingo to campaign for Zanu (PF). Hunzvi was seen regularly, armed with an Ak-47, traveling with other Zanu (PF) supporters in a truck. Zanu (PF) Bases and Torture Centers Zanu (PF) supporters set up bases in the constituencies in order to perpetrate and coordinate the violence more effectively. Some were established at schools, businesses, and Zanu (PF) party offices and were used additionally as torture centres. Often Zanu (PF) youth would use the base as a gathering point in which they would fan out throughout the constituency to beat MDC AMANI Trust: Organised Violence and Torture in the June 2000 General Election in Zimbabwe