| Province
and District |
The
General Environment |
General
Political Atmosphere |
Masvingo
Zaka North
|
Moderate |
A case
of victimization on political grounds has been reported in
Zaka North. It is reported that two ZANU PF activists, Mr.
Chakona who is also the party's provincial chairman
and Mr. Masese, a card carrying member went on a rampant attack
on MDC supporters in ward 5 on the 21st of September. The
two moved from one village to another forcing villagers to
attend a ZANU PF caucus meeting. The villagers thronged the
meeting out of fear where they were warned against voting
for any other party besides ZANU PF. The victims were threatened
with a repeat of the 2008 political
violence if ever they fail to comply. Villagers have been
living in fear since then and community leaders in ward 5
reported the case to JOMIC which promised to look into the
issue.
|
Masvingo
Zaka West
|
Tense |
Cases
of victimization have also been recorded in ward 24, Zaka West.
It is alleged that ZANU PF activists comprising of one Hilda
Zvada, a former DCC member and one Bernard Masavele known in
the area as "Chikake" have been terrorizing Mr.
Nheya, Mr. Chikono, Mr. Denhere, Mr. Pikiti and Mr. Makwanda
who are all known MDC supporters. Reports are that the ZANU
PF activists have been frequenting the homesteads of the victims
threatening them with death if they continue supporting MDC.
The victimization has been so intense in the past two weeks
that the affected have been banned from using public amenities
such as boreholes and dip tanks until they surrender their allegiance
to MDC. HZT is currently assisting the victims to report the
issue to relevant institutions that is the police and JOMIC. |
Midlands North
Gokwe
|
Calm |
No cases
of political violence or intimidation have been reported in
the area. Civic education, public meetings and political rallies
are taking place with minimum disruptions.
|
Mashonaland Central
Mazowe
|
Calm |
No
cases of political violence have been reported during the past
week. Youth in the area are grateful for unifying activities
in the form of Peace soccer and netball tournaments that have
been introduced by Civil society organizations such as ZimRights,
Heal Zimbabwe and CCDZ.
The sports have brought youth from diverse political parties
and this has had a unifying effect on the youth most of whom
have little to do as a result of unemployment. It has been noted
that youth are the ones mostly used in violent activities by
political leaders as most of them are idle with little or no
activities, jobs to occupy their minds. |
Masvingo
Gutu
|
Calm |
No
cases of political violence have been reported in the area but
villagers are unsettled over the upcoming 2nd All Stakeholders
Conference which they think might turn violent leading to another
delay in the finalization of the constitution
making process. To them, a new constitution is a road map
to free, fair and peaceful elections. |
Manicaland
Buhera
|
Calm |
No
cases of political violence have been recorded in the area. |
Masvingo
Zaka Central
|
Calm |
The
environment is generally calm as no cases of political violence
have been reported. The food distribution exercise has improved
in the area after the intervention of HZT. The process which
was previously controlled by politicians who heavily politicized
the programme is now being controlled by the department of Social
Welfare which is aiming to ensure the food relief reaches its
target populace. |
