MDC MANICALAND – UPDATE

Ennet Chiremba(78) from ward 5,Chiremba Village,Chief Makumbe in Buhera West died on 16/08/08 at Rusape General Hospital due to injuries sustained after she was brutally attacked by ZANU PF militias led by Amon Chamahwinya and Philip Gundunwa among others.Ennet is wife to Headman Chiremba of Buhera.

 

2.Violence

 

Headlands Constituency

 

Sherphered Maisiri(42) from ward 8,Village 55 in Headlands had his house set ablaze by ZANU PF militias ed by Lovemore Nhema on 22/08/08 at around 2300hrs.Maisiri said on the fateful night the militias numbering over 30 came to his house chanting ZANU PF slogans and were looking for him as he had fled to Mozambique fro refuge during the June historically state sponsored violence..Among the youths were Philemon Fombe and Razor Ncube who were also part of the gang that raped his wife Beauty Maunganirwa in June.He lost several of his clothing and food in the process.The matter was reported to Inyati police Station RRB no 0367577.On the same night,the same group again set ablaze the house of one Norman Chitovhoro(64) from Ward 8,Village 54 in Headlands.He also reported to Inyati policeRRB no 0367578

 

Musikavanhu Constituency

 

Senzeni Makusha(46) from ward 22,Chiso village, Gumira in Muskavanhu Constituency was grabbed by Zanu militias who abducted her to a deserted house on 12/08/08 at around 1900hrs.The militias started beating her with logs and iron bars.The youths among them Tara Makaza and Nhamo Tendi  told Mukusha that they were sent by Morris Mukwe and Mapfumo,ZANU PF war veterans who were leading terror campaign in Chipinge and are inciting violence in the area.She reported the matter to Chibuwe police RRB no.0068103.

 

Buhera South  

 

-Chokuse Mupango,Ward for Buhera South and was killed on 16/04/08 was buried under unfriendly circumstances on 15/08/08.Mutiusinazita Police Officers commanded Mupango’s relatives to dig his grave as they go to Birchnough Bridge mortuary to ferry his corpse.The officers took Chokuse’s decomposed body without any post mortem carried and buried it upon arrival at his house with only his enstranged wife and a few children present while everyone else was barred from attending the funeral.Mutiusinazita police refused to carry out the post mortem yet the body had stayed for 4months at the mortuary awaiting post mortem.

 

-ZANU PF terror campaign leaders have resorted to illegal diamond panning in Chiadzwa after the party failed to pay their dues for inciting violence and murdering MDC sympathisers during the run-up to the June Presidential run off.Colonel Kennedy Makavanga who works at Defense Headquarters in Harare and is originally from Chimbudzi Village,Headman Mhaka in Buhera was arrested at Chiadzwa diamond area on 20/08/08 and was taken to Mutare Remand Prison where he stayed for a few days.Makavanga is reported to have been boasting of having killed MDC supporters and throwing them in the crocodile infested Ruti dam in Buhera.Makavanga was leading terror campaign in Buhera together with Major Svosve of Inkomo Barracks.He is out on bail.

 

3.Councilors Sworn In

 

Mutare rural district Councilors,Chipinge Town Councilors and Chimanimnai Rural District Councilors were all sworn in at their respective council chambers on 20/08/08.MDC controls Chipinge Town Council and would have controlled Chimanimani Rural District Council if ZANU PF would not have appointed two Chiefs and two of its losing councilors as ‘special councilors’.’The swearing in ceremony started at 2000hrs instead of the official time of 1000hrs due to several misunderstandings within the chamber as MDC was made to wait the whole day long for missing ZANU PF councilors.

 

Nyanga Rural District Councilors were sworn in on 22/08/08 and MDC won chairmanship.

 

Makoni Rural,Rusape Town Council,Mutasa Rural,Buhera Rural and Chipinge Rural are yet to be sworn in.