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ZANU
PF threatens clergy men, teachers in Makoni East
Zimbabwe
Peace Project
April
08, 2005
With barely
a day after the March 31st general elections, teachers and clergymen
in Makoni East have allegedly come under fire from Zanu PF supporters
who accused them of having drummed up support for the Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) in the run up to the poll.
According to
impeccable sources in the constituency, Zanu PF youths and war veterans,
allegedly at the behest of the constituency's new MP, Shadreck Chipanga,
have embarked on a retribution campaign aimed at weeding out perceived
MDC supporters, especially in areas like Nyabadza, Ndingi, Gambe,
Zuze, Rugoyi and Gandanzara.
These areas,
it is said, were quite rife with opposition activism, and polling
stations there recorded massive votes for the MDC.
It was reported
that political tension has reached breaking point in the Rugoyi-Chemusango
villages following reports that war veterans at the instigation
of Chief Basil Rugoyi, threatened teachers and the local Roman Catholic
Church priest Fr. NF based at St. Kilian's Mission, with expulsion,
after accusing them of fanning the amplification of the MDC's support
base in the area.
The mission
is less than 500 metres away from Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa's
rural homestead. It is said the MDC won against the ruling party
after counting in situ at the mission.
Some teachers
at Nyarwizi and Dope Secondary schools were reportedly told by local
war veterans and Zanu PF youths not to return to work when the second
school term begins on April 22. This, the war veterans allegedly
said, was as a result of the teachers having clandestinely supported
the MDC in its campaigns. Pishai Muchauraya of the MDC lost narrowly
to Shadreck Chipanga of Zanu PF by 1493 votes in last month's general
elections.
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