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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