| Report on political violence in
Bulawayo, Harare, Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland
South and Midlands July 29, 2000 |
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Contents « Mat North & South Bulawayo » Midlands Violence against opposition party office bearers and supporters « Case index « Prev case Next case » Case 25 - Area: MberengwaOn 6 May at about 7.00 pm the complainant was denied entry into Mataga Night Club. Later Mapiye the security guard told her that the place was a no go area for MDC supporters. As she left the place she was followed by a group of Zanu (PF) supporters who physically assaulted her. On 27 May she was attacked by a group of Zanu (PF) supporters while she was at her house. She was forced to flee from her home and she went to Zvishavane. On 31 May she returned home together with Mrs Holland the MDC candidate for Mberengwa West. On the day she returned home she joined a group of women who were at a UNDP workshop at the Growth Point. No sooner had the workshop began a group of men and women chanting Zanu (PF) slogans came and disrupted the meeting. They assaulted the women using sjamboks, sticks, open hands, clenched fists and booted feet. The group proceeded to forcefully open doors at houses belonging to perceived supporters of MDC. They unlawfully removed furniture and pieces of clothing from these houses. In the group of assailants the complainant managed to identify Stabile Mataga, Mr.Jokonya and a woman only known to the complainant as Mandlovu. TOP |