THE ruling Zanu-PF party is reportedly forcing villagers to attend its meetings, as political tensions in the country rise ahead of the March 26 by-elections. This was revealed in the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) January monthly monitoring report released yesterday. The report points at Zanu-PF as the leading perpetrator of violence in communities throughout the…
How much is the public told? With most financial institutions turning to computerisation to facilitate speedy monetary transactions, Zimbabwe may well have thrown itself into the complicated world of computer fraud. But like elsewhere in the world the extent of this industry, which now reportedly accounts for nine percent of the world trade estimated at.
ZPP Monthly Monitoring Report (April 2021)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In April, ZPP recorded three incidents of disruption of political events, 88 cases of harassment and intimidation, 23 cases of discrimination during aid distribution, many of which point to an increase in tensions within communities.
It appears the silly season is upon us!
Judging by the incidents of human rights violations recorded in April countrywide, the ruling Zanu PF party, which has always used brute methods to garner support ahead of elections, appears to have gone a gear up in laying the bed for the 2023 elections.
Just as in the past, the strategy has always been to shut down political space for opposition parties elbowing them out of what is supposed to be their business, way ahead of election time, such that when the official campaign period kicks off, communities would have already been whipped into silence and fear.