Political violence rising in Zimbabwe

Despite the country's elections being some three years away, reports compiled by human rights groups for the month of August 2015 give details of rampant violence.

One of the rights group, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) recorded a total of 336 cases of political violence in August alone.

According to the report, Zanu-PF accounts for 82 percent of the cases for the month, followed by the MDC-T, which accounts for eight percent while State security agents are responsible for seven percent of the cases.

ZPP also reported a surge in violent farm invasions, mainly in Mashonaland East and West provinces.

The report says the main victims of Zanu-PF violence were supporters of the MDC-T and allies of ousted VP, Joice Mujuru, who has indicated plans to form a new opposition party.

ZPP and another group, Heal Zimbabwe Trust, also reported that some people in rural communities were being denied access to food aid, which was being distributed on a partisan basis.