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Operation
Mavhoterapapi (how did you vote) - Tapiwa Mubwanda's story
April 16, 2008
Tapiwa was identified
as someone who voted MDC by Zanu PF supporters. He died Saturday
12 April 2008.
Biggie Haurobi, MDC representative Hurungwe North:
"We are
having a very terrible problem now. As we finished the election
Zanu PF has come up with a strategy that they are calling Operation
Mavhotera Papi, They are going around and they have got all the
election statistics, and they are identifying the strongholds of
MDC, and they are doing everything to destroy MDC membership so
if there is ever to be a re-run, they want to make sure they have
destroyed the party. Our polling agents in the rural areas they
are staying in the bush, our prominent supporters who are identified
by Zanu PF are sleeping in the bush in groups.
"The
strategy is clear, they are always talking about a re-run and they
are saying they want to destroy MDC there, They are taking peoples
IDs and throwing them away, and beating people. We have nursed a
lot of people who have injuries.
"They
identified him (Tapiwa Mubwanda) without wasting time, they rushed
to him and they gave him no chance, They stabbed him with a very
long sword, in his ribs. Straight away he fell on the ground and
within five minutes he was no more.
"In the
farming community where there are some resettlements, whoever is
identified as an MDC supporter or election agent is being beaten
up, victimised, belongings thrown out of their houses, and they
are just desperate. Peoples lives are in danger here in Mashonaland
West now."
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Tapiwa's
widow
We were on our way from Masikote. They grabbed my husband and
said you are the MDC people I want to fix you today. I ran away
because I wanted to take my child to a safe place because I
realised that if I stayed they were going to kill me. Then I
had to go back and see what was happening to my husband. When
I got back my husband was lying down, bleeding from the mouth,
blood on the stomach, I removed my blouse and put it on his
stomach to try and stop the bleeding and make him better. |
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Lynos
Mubwanda (brother of deceased)
They used to say that you voted for the MDC, now we want to
do this in order to teach you to vote. You wasted your vote
by voting for Tsvangirai. He will never be the president of
Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe will remain. So we want to teach you
to vote so that when we have the run offs that means you will
be aware, you will know how to vote.
I was struck by a stone on my forehead, that's when
I fell down. After falling down I didn't know what was
happening because they came to me, attacking me with sticks
all over my body. Even now I am not feeling ok, I'm
in a lot of pain. Now I can't help it, I've got
to go home my brother is going to be buried there and I have
got to attend that burial but I am in a lot of pain. |
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