In Manicaland province, the MDC secretary for Ward 20 in Mutare South had to be hospitalised after sustaining serious internal injuries when he was assaulted by the village head, Daniel Toopera, with the aid of two Zanu PF brothers, Batsirai and Daniel Makomboti.
Blessing Musarandega was assaulted after giving his opinion during a Constitution-making outreach public meeting held on 29 June at Munyarari primary school. This is believed to have infuriated the village head and his Zanu PF colleagues who had drafted a list of people who were meant to speak at the outreach meeting.
Recovering at a hospital in Mutare, Musarandega said the assault would not deter him from his basic right to participate in the drafting of a new Constitution. They want to silence us but they will not succeed. This is a national constitution and not a Zanu PF baby. We are all Zimbabweans; we want our voices to be heard. I will participate again when the outreach team comes back to the area, said Musarandega.
The assailants have been reported to the police but no arrests have been made. In Mashonaland Central province, three MDC activists, Last Sihara, Stephen Jambo and Malvern Gumbo, will today appear before a Bindura magistrate on trumped up charges of threatening to murder a Zanu PF thug, Chenai Makaraho, at a rally two weeks ago.
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