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Police disrupt MDC rally in Lupane
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
October 29, 2011

Police in Lupane have blocked an MDC rally despite a court order allowing for it to take place.

35 police officers all in riot gear and guns besieged the venue at St Paul's and disrupted proceedings. The officers ordered the women who were preparing food to evacuate the place and dismissed 968 members who were already at the venue at 10:30am.

Police also blocked President Tsvangirai's tour of St Paul's Mission Hospital. President Tsvangirai is on a government work programme visit to Matabeleland North Province. On Thursday, he was in Tsholotsho to assess the business situation in the region before going to Binga on Friday and Lupane today.

Meanwhile, in Victoria Falls, at 4 am today, about 15 uniformed police officers visited homes of Thembinkosi Sibindi, the Matabeleland North provincial organising secretary and the Hwange West district chairperson, Bernard Nyamambi armed with search warrants for subversive materials.

Mr Nyamambi said "These are efforts to frustrate the party's programmes in this province. As you have observed, for all our rallies to take place, we have had to approach the courts just to get approval."

The provincial police officer in Matabeleland North, a notorious Zanu PF activist, Veterai, has vowed to thwart all MDC programmes in this province.

On Thursday, the MDC youth chairperson for Hwange West, police here arrested Innocent Ndlovu in Victoria Falls on frivolous charges of public nuisance.

He was supposed to go to court on Friday, but the police are holding on to him ahead of an MDC star rally in the resort town on Sunday.

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