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Murder of 2 MDC activists in Murewa callous and barbaric
Centre for Community Development
May 15, 2008

The cold blood murder of 2 MDC-T activists in Murewa is callous and barbaric. The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ), formerly Murewa Community Development Trust (MCDT) is disturbed at the intensifying State-terror campaign against members of the opposition and independent observers who observed the 29 March poll under the banner of Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN). We condemn in the most strongest of terms the murder of the youth activist Beta Chokururama in Murewa. Although CCDZ is still making frantic efforts to confirm the second death, we are reliably informed by health workers at Murewa Hospital that the bodies of the slain activists are at the hospital.

We would like to urge the ZANU PF leadership in Mashonaland East province to respect the sanctity of human life. The right to life is fundamental, inalienable and no person or entity is allowed to arbitrarily to deny any person of this right. Those politicians who take people's lives to safeguard their selfish, parochial and partisan interests are worse off than savages. CCDZ urges the ZANU PF chairperson for Mashonaland East, Ray Kaukonde who paid bail for ZANU PF activists implicated in violence from Chitowa in Murewa to rise above political violence and urge his fellow party surbodinates to run a violence-free campaign for the presidential run-off.

We call upon the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Murewa to investigate and bring to book the instigators of violence and to order the disbanding of roadblocks that are being mounted by youth militias and war veterans in different parts of the country. The Centre urges all political players to shun violence in the run up to the presidential run-off between ZANU PF candidate Mr Mugabe and opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.

CCDZ is currently running a Name & Shame Them Campaign to expose the perpetrators of political violence in different parts of the country. Our informants in Matebeleland have complained of violence being led by the war veterans in the Insiza area.

Masukume - A war veteran, Greystone Councillor Ward 17
Vongai Mpofu - Ebly farm Councillor Ward 13
Tshabangu - war vet Greystone
Sibonokuhle Hlabangane - Bambanani farm
Jabulani Strike Ndlovu - Putuma Debshan
Mabulala Nsingo - GWANGWADZE-Debshan ward 13

These war veterans have besieged local schools such as Rangemore Sch, Singo Sch, Mehlo sch and surrounding villages such as Sinqobile village.

Advocacy & Community Organizing
Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) Cell: +263912962381

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