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Zanu PF still harassing people for political reasons
Bulawayo Agenda
July 14, 2008

Bulawayo
Today the clean up programme organized by BPRA in partnership with the city council was launched under the theme 'Restore the pride, keep Bulawayo clean'. They cleaned around Egodini and surrounding areas and even went as far as Madlodlo. They also distributed fliers on hygienic practices and taxi tunes from Radio Dialogue about keeping Bulawayo. The clean up continues tomorrow were different wards will converge in Nkulumane at Sekusile where they will undertake the same programme.

In another incident, there was mayhem at Egodini bus terminus when Commuter omnibus drivers and touts threatened to beat up Zanu PF activists for allegedly swindling them of money. This was after the Zanu PF activists demanded ten billion dollars from all the Kombis that entered the bay. The Kombi drivers grouped and demanded that they be given back their money. The situation grew worse as the kombi drivers became violent, beating up a woman who was the most vocal in demanding money from the kombis. This came to a halt when police officers came and promised to take action against the activists.

Gweru
In Gweru Zanu PF supporters are still harassing people for political reasons. On Friday Doritha Chanda was approached by Zanu PF agents who took from her 40 litres of amasi and 40kg of maize. All this was taken from her on grounds that she is an MDC supporter.

Meanwhile, Gibson Nhanete an employee at ZACRO was detained at Nehanda police station for 8 hours yesterday. He arrived at the police station 16:40 and was released after midnight. The police interrogated him but he did not respond to any of their questions. Annoyed the police started telling Nhanete about his family, where he works and other general things that he does. They boasted about how well they knew him. He was released without charge and threatened with another detention. Nhanete was once assaulted by Zanu PF activists in 2002.

Plumtree
A man from Zimnyama has been sentenced to 9 years in jail for stealing and slaughtering someone's cow. The man is said to have done this during the time when he was at a Zanu PF base before the 27 June run off elections. Soon after the election results were released Plumtree police officers started investigating people who committed crimes before and during election time. This has resulted in the arrest of several men from Plumtree.

Tsholotsho
Some villagers have had to sleep on the roadside, awaiting the Grain Marketing Board truck that delivers maize. They did this because women who are Zanu PF supporters wear the party regalia when going to collect maize so that they are easily noticed and are the first to be given maize. The last time there was a delivery the millers took the maize and promised the villagers that they would give out mealie-meal first thing the next morning but instead they delivered all of it to the Zanu PF supporters late at night.

Accordingly, the Grain Marketing Board gives out a 50kg bag of maize to a group of 5 people who then share it, each getting 10kg.

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