was done on the basis of collecting information on how many
villagers had registered to vote.
2.2.3 Further, she stated that some villagers had failed to register to vote
due to the fact that they did not have national IDs. To assist such
villagers, it was agreed by the traditional leaders that those that had
registered be accounted for and those who didn’t register, be found
and assisted. Everyone was therefore encouraged to register to vote.
2.3 ZANU PF Chairperson (Shundure village) – The ZHRC also managed to
talk to the District Chairperson for ZANU PF in Shundure who stated that:
2.3.1 As ZANU PF, they were indeed collecting the serial numbers for party
purposes. They had a form which was supposed to be filled in by
party members and that form had provision for serial numbers.
2.3.2 The reason why they were collecting the serial numbers was for them
to know how many of their people had registered to vote to enable
them to mobilize more people. It was all about numbers and knowing
if they had the numbers as ZANU PF.
2.4 Chairperson Hloko (Marondera) – Also interviewed was Mr. Hloko, the
Chairperson of the ZANU PF Marondera Rural District Committee.
2.4.1 He acknowledged that indeed an instruction had been received from
the Provincial party offices (but no name was given) to the effect that
serial numbers should be collected from registered villagers.
However, he indicated that ZEC officials who were conducting voter
education before or during voter registration advised leaders and
villagers that it was illegal for anyone to collect serial numbers. It was
because of this knowledge that they decided not to collect the serial
numbers.
2.5 Mutasa Ward 16 Village Head and Headmen – these leaders interviewed
by the ZHRC denied the allegations. They indicated that the only
announcement they had made was that all villagers who had not managed
to register, since the registration centre was 30km away from their village,
could register their names with their leaders to ensure that transport to the
registration centre was sought.
Page 5 of 10