Zanu-PF youths hijack buses

ZANU-PF youths in Matabeleland North Province reportedly diverted two public buses heading to Hwange and Bulawayo, respectively and ordered the drivers to take their passengers to Manjolo Business Centre in Binga, where First Lady Grace Mugabe was to launch an irrigation project the following day, Southern Eye reported.

The alleged incident occurred on August 12 this year.

The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), in its latest human rights report, said the majority of people, who attended the rally, had been railroaded to the venue by ruling party youths and were forced to spend the whole night singing and chanting Zanu-PF slogans.

According to ZPP, some of the attendees included passengers on the Madzanwe buses. Although the irate passengers later reported the matter to police, the Zanu-PF youths were only cautioned and released without charge, the ZPP said.