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SOUTHERN REGION Matabeleland North Matabeleland North 20 19 15 Totals 10 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Murder Rape Kidnapping Abduction Type of cases Assault Theft/Looting Discrimination MDP Torture Unlawful Detention Harassment/intimidation Displacement Jun-07 Hwange West 11 June 2007 It is alleged that a police officer H harassed and threatened to assault TM, M, and PN of MDC Empumalanga Township, who had gone to notify the police about their intention to convene a meeting in Binga on the 16 th of June. It is alleged that on arrival constable H who as manning the gate accused TM, of acting like an American negro and threatened to break his pride. H allegedly ordered TM to remove his ear stud as he was not properly dressed to enter the police station to which TM complied for fear of being assaulted. However, TM, reported the case to another officer M at the same station who in turn summoned Constable H, to his office and enquired about the matter. It is said that afterwards, Constable H further threatened TM and warned that he would continue frustrating all MDC efforts to hold meetings in the area. Hwange East 2 June 2007 PN, of Bulawayo Agenda in Victoria Falls, is said to have had applied several times to hold a public meeting and was turned down by the Victoria Falls police violating the organization’s freedom of expression. 8 June 2007 BT, of Dingani village stole a bed from Marist and was arrested. She did not resist © ZPP Programmes Dept. June 2007 arrested but the police officer M of Dete police station went ahead and assaulted her severely till she urinated. 10 June 2007 Fr P, of Don Bosco Technical College in Hwange, allegedly felt victimized by plain clothes state security agents who interrogated him over the source of funding for the college they were building. 15 June 2007 Similarly, like in the case of Fr. P, Fr.TC, for Don Bosco Technical College, had several visits by different state security agents wanting to get his personal details as well as wanting to know the source of funding of the college they are constructing He feels his peace is being breached. Tsholotsho 5 June 2007 It is alleged that the elderly people from Sipepa Sizangobuhle, comprising of RMN, and several other elderly people were denied access to food for the elderly people from Social Welfare for allegedly coming from the MDC stronghold area. 10 June 2007 LM, of Tsholotsho Business Centre, was reportedly accused of being an active member of ZESN by the Zanu PF senator JM and was harassed and forced to name other ZESN leaders in the district violating his freedom of association. 10 June 2007 LM, the Zimrights Chairperson from Tsholotsho business centre was reportedly accused of pursuing the interests of the West, by JM, the Zanu PF senator by working for Zimrights and the perpetrator denounced Zimrights. 15 June 2007 MT, and RM of MDC from Manqe village were reportedly accused of sourcing funding from an NGO for their project by VM and T, of Zanu PF claiming that the organization is linked to their MDC party and were given two week ultimatum to step down from the leadership positions of the project. 20 June 2007 IT, a freelance pump mechanic from Nquoya Tsholotsho in Mbizo village was contracted by the community to fix dysfunctional boreholes. When he was halfway through, DM, a war vet eran and Zanu PF member blocked his efforts accusing him of not belonging to Zanu PF. He therefore could not fix the boreholes on behalf of government. 24 June 2007 AM, the kraal head from Mcetshwa , Sihlangane village and several other 42
SOUTHERN REGION community members were denied access to maize by MM a Kraal head and Zanu PF member for allegedly belonging to neither Zanu PF nor MDC. Lupane 3 June 2007 34 year old TG a Zanu PF supporter of Lupane allegedly annoyed NN of MDC at a funeral when he said “The Ndebele people are stupid just like the deceased, no wonder they were killed in the Gukurahundi era and this year many of them will die”. This led to the assault of NN with clenched fists and pressing him down onto the fire burning one side of his face. 9 June 2007 CN, and JM of MDC of Lupanda, Somgolo Primary School, Lupane, were allegedly assaulted by PL, MM, MS and MM, of Zanu PF. It is said that the victims were on their way home from their party meeting. The perpetrators demanded all the meeting materials that were distributed at the meeting and this triggered a fist fight and JM was injured. 13 June 2007 FN, of Zanu PF from Shabula Village in Lupane, was reportedly assaulted by BN, of MDC and was accused of being problematic because he is a trained youth militia who was allegedly implicated in a number of human rights violations during the 2005 election. He was beaten with a club on the back. The incident took place at Matshabala beer hall in Matshiya ward. 15 June 2007 MN, of Zanu PF who resides at Nyathi homestead in Lilangeni village, was accused of belonging to an unruly party that discriminate along party lines when distributing food by MM, QD, and HS of MDC. A heated argument is said to have ensued, and he was assaulted during the conflict and got injured. The three were later arrested by the police. HZ, of MDC, from Mhlahlandlela village in Matshiya ward was reportedly denied access to maize grain by GMB official JN, allegedly accusing him of being an MDC activist and was advised to see Mr. M the MDC Member of Parliament for maize. 17 June 2007 © ZPP Programmes Dept. June 2007 MMT, of MDC from Mafa Primary School in Lupane and SS, also of MDC from Siziphe Primary school in Lupane, allegedly got into a heated argument when SS accused MMT of decampaigning the incumbent senator and accused him being a sell-out and threatened him with unspecified action. Nkayi 8 June 2007 LM, and MS of Gobhi village were reportedly harassed, threatened and barred from attending an MDC rally that was held at the Business Centre. The perpetrator FS, of Zanu PF is said to have been telling people from Gobhi village not to attend the MDC rally. 10 June 2007 ZP the MDC Councilor and other party members from Sibangilizwe village were allegedly harassed and threatened with a second “Gukurahundi” if they continued voting for MDC. 13 June 2007 NN, of Zanu PF from Gwamayaya village was allegedly harassed by Councillor JD, of MDC and gave preference to his MDC party members to board the bus to Dakamela at the expense of other members of the public and NN of Zanu PF in particular was denied to board the bus. 15 June 2007 SN the Minister of Small and Medium Scale businesses addressed a meeting at Simon business centre in Nkayi where she allegedly threatened MM, TM and NM, of MDC with suspension of the monthly allowances since they were kraal heads and accused of being loyal to the MDC. 15 June 2007 EM of MDC from Sibangilizwe village in Ngomambi was reportedly threatened with loss of his post of kraalhead by SM of Zanu PF also from Sibangilizwe for allegedly attending a ZESN democracy workshop that was held at Mtshabi Primary School. He was told that as a kraal head he was supposed to be loyal to Zanu PF. 16 June 2007 PN, and ZM of Puma village and supporters of Zanu PF were purportedly threatened with expulsion from the party by JD and FS a war veteran also of Zanu PF, for allegedly attending the MDC rally. 21 June 2007 MM, LD and RK from Sibangilizwe village were elected by the community to go and attend a course sponsored by the Minister of Small & Medium Scale Business, and upon arrival were asked to produce Zanu PF party cards which they did not have and were allegedly denied bus fare reimbursement by CC, and MS of Zanu PF. Bubi-Umguza 4 June 2007 SN and LD both MDC supporters from Mbembeswana ward in Matateni village were allegedly accused of stealing maize from the Bulilima Member of Parliament. This incident made the two to be displaced from ward 2 by TN and N also of MDC. 14 June 2007 ZM of MDC from Mbembeswana 1, ward 3, village 2, was supposedly accused of stealing beers at Makoni bottle store and the police beat him up to the point of injuring him and told him that if he was a Zanu PF member, they were going to behave differently. This was said by MN and FN of Zanu PF. 20 June 2007 MS of MDC from Mbembeswana ward 3, village 3 was reportedly assaulted by DN, and ST, of Zanu PF at a kraalhead’s meeting accusing him of saying nonsense and belonging to MDC. The kraalhead reported the matter to police. 20 June 2007 SN, and SH, of Zanu PF of Majiji village allegedly accused ID, of organizing a youth meeting which was to be held at their homestead. The perpetrators allegedly approached her, saying, if she ever addresses the meeting, she was not going to make MDC members hold positions in their village as only Zanu PF members were allowed. 20 June 2007 It is alleged that at Balanda beer garden, 43
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