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Post-election violence claims life
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
May 15, 2008

MDC
The death toll from post-election political violence amongst Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change activists and supporters has risen to 33. Better Chokururama, the National Youth Executive member of the MDC was found murdered on Sunday by suspected war veterans. The news of his death only reached Harare yesterday, Wednesday the 14th of May 2008.

Opposition sources said Chokururama was still recovering from a beating he received three weeks ago (which left him on clutches) when he was abducted on Saturday and stabbed to death.

The party's Secretary for Security Youth Assembly, Tonderai Ndira, who was abducted from his Mabvuku home on Wednesday morning by heavily armed police has still not been found.

ZCTU
Justice Ben Hlatshwayo of the High Court judge has deferred bail ruling on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders, Wellington Chibebe and Lovemore Matombo to next week Monday the 19th of May 2008. Hlatshwayo informed the court that he would not be able to pass the judgment, as yet since the case is too difficult to handle hence he needed more time. Chibebe and Matongo are accused of inciting public violence on May Day are therefore still in custody as "the state fears they may instigate more violence."

PTUZ
The Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Raymond Majongwe was today, 15 May 2008 arrested by the police. The incident occurred at the High Court of Zimbabwe where Majongwe was attending a case of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President, Lovemore Matombo and Secretary General Wellington Chibebe. The police wanted Majongwe to explain the PTUZ Press Statement in "The Standard Zimbabwe" of last week, in which PTUZ complained about violence against teachers by youth militias.

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