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Zanu PF activists assault MDC-T member
01 Feb 2016 at 05:46hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that on 16 December 2015, two Zanu-PF activists identified as Knight Gareta aged 50 and Cecilia Phiri aged 40 allegedly assaulted a 29- year old MDC-T activist accusing her of being an election agent in 2013 in Mashonaland East.
"The two perpetrators said that they wanted to fix her for belonging to the opposition. The victim was carrying a nine-month old baby who fell as a result of the assault and became unconscious. The victim's neighbours managed to resuscitate the baby and she was taken to hospital. The case was reported to the police and the perpetrators were arrested and were expected to appear in court on 19 January 2016," said ZPP.
"On 19 December 2015, an Agritex extension officer was harassed and intimidated by Isaac Neshamba, who is the local Zanu-PF chairperson. The
Agritex officer was harassed for establishing a maize demonstration site at a perceived MDC T supporter's field. The perpetrator publicly threatened the victim warning that he would "deal with him". The Agritex worker is fearing for his life."
ZPP said on 20 December 2015, in Mudzi North a Zanu-PF member went to Kotwa Resource Centre for a meeting together with another Zanu-PF activist. The two were chased away by Peter Homwe and David Maguma who told them not to use the Zanu-PF hall as they were suspected to be aligned to the People First party.
"On 30 December 2015, Knowledge Zangira a Zanu-PF activist from Mudzi North met an MDC T activist who is a tailor and asked him to sew him clothes. The tailor explained to Knowledge that he could not sew the clothes as he wanted to go to church. Knowledge threatened the tailor with death in 2018 on allegations that he was an MDC-T supporter," said ZPP.
"The two perpetrators said that they wanted to fix her for belonging to the opposition. The victim was carrying a nine-month old baby who fell as a result of the assault and became unconscious. The victim's neighbours managed to resuscitate the baby and she was taken to hospital. The case was reported to the police and the perpetrators were arrested and were expected to appear in court on 19 January 2016," said ZPP.
Agritex officer was harassed for establishing a maize demonstration site at a perceived MDC T supporter's field. The perpetrator publicly threatened the victim warning that he would "deal with him". The Agritex worker is fearing for his life."
ZPP said on 20 December 2015, in Mudzi North a Zanu-PF member went to Kotwa Resource Centre for a meeting together with another Zanu-PF activist. The two were chased away by Peter Homwe and David Maguma who told them not to use the Zanu-PF hall as they were suspected to be aligned to the People First party.
"On 30 December 2015, Knowledge Zangira a Zanu-PF activist from Mudzi North met an MDC T activist who is a tailor and asked him to sew him clothes. The tailor explained to Knowledge that he could not sew the clothes as he wanted to go to church. Knowledge threatened the tailor with death in 2018 on allegations that he was an MDC-T supporter," said ZPP.
Source - Byo24News
