7.1.1. The District Administrator neither denied nor acknowledged the politicisation of food aid or agricultural inputs in Ward 3 Chakari as he stated that anything was possible at the grassroots level. 7.1.2. He stated that procedurally there was a social welfare distribution committee (which excluded the Councillor) which oversaw the selection of beneficiaries. Statistics from the ZIMSTATS and ZIMVAC results were taken into account in determining the number of vulnerable households to benefit from food aid. The District Administrator stated that selection of beneficiaries was done by the Department of Social Welfare in consultation with the Village Development Committee at a public meeting and excluded the participation of any politician. After selection of beneficiaries the list was presented to the D.A and distribution was effected when aid was availed. On the distribution day the beneficiary or a relative with the beneficiary’s ID received the food aid or agricultural inputs. 7.1.3. The D.A stated that according to his knowledge the Councillor of Ward 3 did not get involved in distributions of either food aid or agricultural inputs but her presence at these events was to provide a help desk. He, however, acknowledged that because the Councillor was from the ruling party, she also selected a ruling party committee to assist her and this posed challenges with opposition party members who found such a committee domineering. 7.1.4. The District Administrator acknowledged that he was aware of the impending evictions of residents of Dalny Mine from Rio Zim. He stated that Dalny Mine was bought by Rio Zim from Falcon Gold Mine in 2016 and the new owners called a stakeholder meeting where they indicated that they needed to take over their company houses to accommodate its workers, who were currently being ferried daily from Kadoma to the plant. Rio Zim was previously mining in Eiffel Flats and so they also brought workforce from that plant. The District Administrator engaged Rio Zim and asked them to first repossess houses which were being leased out to third parties by former Falcon Gold Mine workers. He stated that he made this plea in order to let vulnerable people be spared from these evictions. 5