Roll of Shame

duals must face trial in the new Zimbabwe for crimes against humanity and for prolonging the life of a regime now unpopular with the people. The following people, in their individual capacities, are part of a large list that we will be publishing, of personalities who stand guilty of various crimes such as murder, brutality, assaults and other heinous and criminal acts that the cornered regime is using to suppress and oppress the people of Zimbabwe.
This week, we name and shame the police officers in the notorious Law and Order Section who were responsible for the brutal torture, illegal detention and assault of over 30 MDC activists who spent over three months in prison. In the new Zimbabwe, the wheels of justice will be fitted back on the train of democracy and the following individuals should have honest answers on what they were doing to fellow countrymen when this nation needed men and women of conscience; men and women who value the sanctity of human life, human rights and basic freedoms.
1. Assistant Commissioner Musarashana Mabunda – comes from the Chibuwe area in Chipinge ward 6. Married with 6 children. An elder of the ZAOGA church.
2. Superintendent J. Chani
3. Detective Assistant Inspector Shoko
4. Detective Inspector Mapuranga
5. Detective Inspector Tapera Ranjisi
6. Detective Sergeant Baya
7. Detective Inspector Elliot Muchada
8. Detective Inspecor Chimbetete
9. Detective Linachi
10. Detective Mutisi
11. Detective Kambanje
12.  Detective Inspector Kasu (Marondera)
13. Detective Inspecor Hungwe
14. Detective Inspector Zimunya (Also known as Lobo)
15. Detective Inspector George Renso
16. Sergeant Tsopotsa (Marimba police station)
17. Constable Makaza
18. Detective Inspector Nhema
19. Detective Inspector Rangwani
20. Detective Inspector Ngena
21. Detective Edmore Mahoba
Crime committed – torture and brutality, between 24 March-7 April 2007.
These officers brutally assaulted and tortured over 30 MDC activists in police custody at Harare Central Police station. The activists were accused of receiving training in insurgency and terrorist activities as well as orchestrating a spate of petrol bombings in major cities. The State later withdrew charges against some of the activists but they had received serious permanent injuries and had spent more than two months in prison.
These officers denied the MDC activists and officials food, visits by relatives and medical and legal assistance for more than three days. In particular, Ass Commissioner Mabhunda, Superintendent Chani, Detectives Chimbetete, Kambanje and Zimucha drove Ian Makone out of Harare Central, blindfolded him and took him somewhere along Mhondoro road and frog marched him into a bush where a gun was held to his head.
Detective Mutisi and Kambanje placed MDC activist Ishmael Kauzani into a coffin where they had just pulled out a body all in the hope of forcing him to sign an affidavit incriminating others. Mabunda and Muchada bought new clothes for Kauzani after the ones he had got torn during the barbaric torture and brutal assaults.   It was Rangwani who allegedly shot Phillip Katsande. Part of Katsande’s left lung has since collapsed after the shooting. The general treatment of all these tortured activists was a violation of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the Convention Against Torture, the African Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international conventions.