More political violence in the Lowveld

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Written by James

Monday, 16 June 2008 13:17

Chiredzi Constituencies
ZANU PF militia boosted by hundreds of mostly unwilling youths made their way from Zaka communal area to Chiredzi town 200km South of Masvingo on Friday and Saturday. The violence started on Friday night and went on into the next day; youths beat up many people in the Flea markets and robbed them of their goods and money, including forex. Three police officers were also badly beaten yesterday and no arrests were made. The Chiredzi police station on Sunday was full of bleeding people trying to get the police to react. The Chiredzi police admitted that they were unable to enforce the laws, because they had been given instructions not to intervene and not to arrest any ZANU PF officials or Youth.
The person who was leading and organizing the militia was Ronald Ndava, who is the ZANU PF winning candidate for Chiredzi North and his wife is one of the Magistrates in Chiredzi.
The militias are still in and around Tshovani Township in Chiredzi today.
Reports are coming in from the Chiredzi and the Save Conservancies that militia and war vets are forcing staff to shoot meat for them.
Mwenezi Constituencies
Bubi Village Garage Motel was subjected to a ZANU PF re-education day on Saturday where all the staff were taken into the bush for the day and harassed, beaten and made to swear their allegiance to the party and Mugabe.

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