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Zanu PF offers fake jobs to villagers
10 May 2017 at 04:15hrs | Views
Villagers in various parts of Matabeleland North are being enticed to join Zanu PF structures on false job promises.
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is used as a bait.
A Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) April report reveals incidents where villagers in the wildlife-rich province have been asked to register for jobs, only to realise it was a Zanu PF recruitment exercise.
The April report for the human rights watchdog titled Coerced Patriotism said rights violations shot up to 123, from March's 112, with Zanu PF supporters cited as the lead perpetrators.
In Matabeleland North, it has taken the form of false job promises to force people to register to join Zanu PF, the ZPP said.
"At a meeting in Hwange East Constituency ward 10, Zanu PF member Alexander Mugoli Dube is alleged to have told people to register for employment at Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). On that same day he told those present to notify others of the employment opportunity.
"The next day, villagers came in numbers to register for employment at ZPC, but it dawned on them that they were made to register to form Zanu PF cells. It is said that Alexander Mugoli Dube informed those present that it was a must for everyone seeking employment to belong to some Zanu PF cell,"the report read.
In Binga, it was also the same modus operandi where villagers were told to register to join Zanu PF to be employed to dig trenches and construct a bridge 3-4km along Chuua Road.
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is used as a bait.
A Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) April report reveals incidents where villagers in the wildlife-rich province have been asked to register for jobs, only to realise it was a Zanu PF recruitment exercise.
The April report for the human rights watchdog titled Coerced Patriotism said rights violations shot up to 123, from March's 112, with Zanu PF supporters cited as the lead perpetrators.
"At a meeting in Hwange East Constituency ward 10, Zanu PF member Alexander Mugoli Dube is alleged to have told people to register for employment at Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). On that same day he told those present to notify others of the employment opportunity.
"The next day, villagers came in numbers to register for employment at ZPC, but it dawned on them that they were made to register to form Zanu PF cells. It is said that Alexander Mugoli Dube informed those present that it was a must for everyone seeking employment to belong to some Zanu PF cell,"the report read.
In Binga, it was also the same modus operandi where villagers were told to register to join Zanu PF to be employed to dig trenches and construct a bridge 3-4km along Chuua Road.
Source - NewsDay
