Mutetwa approached Chikope at a bar at Zaloba Business Centre and accused him of supporting Mbalekwa who was viewed as a spy working for the MDC-T party. It is during this altercation that Mutetwa stabbed Chikope in the back with a piece of a bear bottle leading to his death. 17 Mar Harassment & intimidation ZANU PF MP for Mudzi North constituency, Newton Kachepa, the ZANU PF Youth chairperson, Henry Kachepa and the provincial ZANU PF youth chairman Kangora were reportedly heard threatening villagers from Musiyani and Muguvamanzi Villages. This allegedly occurred at a ZANU PF meeting and the team particularly mentioned that they were going to kill those that voted for the opposition party, including Marokwe (an MDC-T) activist. Kachepa being the chief in the area threatened to displace villagers if he lost in the upcoming elections. 1 ZRP 19 Mar Violation of freedom of assembly & association Elizabeth Dzedze, a ZANU PF Chairman of Muvadzi village, ward 11 in Mudzi North allegedly approached Eunice Tembo and Shupikai Mbofana of Tizora village and forced them to attend and contribute 25c towards a ZANU PF meeting that was to be held at Kotwa growth point. Elizabeth also told the two that failure to attend the meeting would result in them being taught, beaten and beaten to death. 2 ZANU supporters PF 19 Mar Violation of freedom of assembly & association Memory Nyatsine of ward 8, Mudzi West Constituency carried out a door-to-door campaign forcing all women to contribute 50c towards party t-shirts they would receive at a ZANU PF meeting. Anaha Vhovha was one of the victims that were forced to walk a 12-kilometer distance to attend the ZANU PF rally. The case was not reported to the police. Unknown ZANU supporters PF 21 Mar Assault Muranganwa Chanyau (MDC-T district Chairperson) & Peter Chigaba (MDC-T Provincial administrator) heavily descended on TellZim offices in Masvingo and verbally assaulted journalists and staff while demanding to see who had written the story headlined 'MDC-T Masvingo plots coup on sitting councilors'. The two MDC-T officials went on to discourage TellZim from publishing articles that denigrate the image of MDC-T. 1 22 March Violation of the right to education Pupils at Ruwongore Primary and secondary school, Mazowe North were reportedly stopped from attending lessons and turned away from school by the school head. They were asked to bring their parents with them to attend a ZANU PF rally addressed by Advocate Martin Dinha. Unknown ZANU supporters 22 Mar Assault ZPS officers allegedly threatened four journalists namely Godfrey Mtimba (a freelancer) Patrick Chitongo (Flame Newspaper) Morris Bishi (Masvingo Mirrow) and Tawanda Mangoma (Zimpapers) The four journalists were covering the court hearing of Andrew Takashinga Bere at the Chiredzi Magistrates court attempted to capture pictures of Mr. Bere as he was led out of the court. The media practitioners were forcefully stopped from taking photos of Bere and were verbally insulted by both ZPCS officers and Mr Bere's family. The journalists reported the case at Chiredzi police station under RRB No. 4 ZPS officers & Unknown 10 MDC-T PF

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