HARARE - A Movement for Democratic Change supporter's house was last week burnt down by a Zanu (PF) gang as renewed violence against Zimbabwe's majority party intensifies, the party reported on Tuesday.The party newspaper, The Changing Times pictured the arson victim, Sarudzai Taodzera in front of her gutted house.
The front-page report headlined ‘Violence flares up again’ was published just hours before South African President and SADC facilitator to the inter-party dialogue was due in Harare for make-or-break talks involving the three signatories of a 2008 power-sharing deal involving President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Arthur Mutambara.
The Times said Tsvangirai had been told during a countrywide tour of a resurgence of violence across the country, including a resurgence of torture bases set up with the assistance of rogue members of the police.
The Premier was furious that Mugabe’s party could so blatantly violate the terms of the Global Political Agreement which is now threatened by the ageing dictator’s refusal to implement its key provisions, the subject of Zuma’s visit.
Arson victim Taodzera told The Times that the attack took place last Thursday night but police at Kadzere station had not done anything about it despite the attackers having been identified.
Taodzera said she lost household property, although no-one was injured as the house was unoccupied when the attack took place.
Finance Minister and GPA negotiator Tendai Biti visited the home on Sunday and condemned the attack.
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