Human Rights Forum Report: Who was responsible? spanner and my jacket were also stolen. There was a sum of about $38 000 stolen in cash as well. A report was compiled by the Waterfalls Police but the police now claim that the docket has been lost. . Mufakose Sabina Thembani, „Cobra‟ Sabina Thembani, while not personally committing the violations, hired youths to torture Mufakose residents. Youths were employed to monitor movements of suspected MDC supporters and to attack them. These youths received salaries of between $500 and $700 a week and were paid for bringing in MDC t-shirts with the blood of supporters on them. As a result, incidents of people being systematically assaulted have become very common in Mufakose. Case 11: T.M.D. (Male) — 11 May 2000 After a rally in February thugs employed by Sabina Thembani attacked us. There were about fifteen people armed with iron bars, axes, hoes and stones. We had not anticipated such violence and as a matter of fact we did not have anything to defend ourselves and everyone that could, ran away. Unfortunately five of our members were assaulted - one of them an elderly man of about 76 years old. His name is Sydney Pandehuni. He was severely assaulted and sustained deep cuts on the back of his head. Case 12: B.M. (Male) — May 2000 B.M and a youth organising secretary were abducted from their homes and taken to Sabina Thembani’s Zanu PF offices in Mufakose and severely assaulted. They both fainted during the assaults, were doused with water and as soon as they recovered they were beaten again until Sabina herself claimed she was tired of the beating and called off the assault. They were then dragged out of the office premises. Case 13: T.D. (Male) — 11 May 2000 They came to my place and produced pistols and they took cards and T-shirts to surrender to Sabina Thembani. They come to my place on a daily basis. We have tried with the police, but as soon as you give a complaint your details are there. The police have told us: “You MDC people - we want nothing to do with you”. Cobra, one of the MP’s thugs was arrested but when he was taken to court Sabina Thembani came and they released him. She was ululating. Manicaland Buhera North Kainos „Kitsiyatota‟ Zimunya and Joseph Mwale Kainos Zimunya was an election agent for Zanu (PF) Buhera North MP Kenneth Manyonda. In the Buhera North election petition, Sanderson Makombe named Zimunya and Joseph Mwale as being responsible for the deaths of MDC campaign workers Talent Mabika and Tichaona Chiminya. Mr Makombe alleges that he was in the twin cab with Ms. Mabika and Mr Chiminya when a Zanu (PF) labelled vehicle stopped them and began to beat them while he and his colleagues were still in the twin cab. According to his testimony, he escaped out of the back of the vehicle while the others tried to hide in the front seat. He then heard Ms. Mabika screaming and also heard someone call for petrol bombs to be brought from the Zanu (PF) vehicle. Petrol was poured on Mr Chiminya and Ms. Mabika and then poured under the hood of the vehicle. A bomb was thrown and the vehicle caught fire. Mr Makombe alleges that he ran back to the vehicle to pull his two colleagues out. When he did, their skin was flaking off from the burns and their clothes were still alight. Mr Chiminya was pronounced dead at the scene and Ms. Mabika died after being taken to the hospital. 12