Four men survive planned execution – ROHR
ROHR Press Release - Four MDC activists from Muzarabani south have fled their homes after they were tipped of a death threat on their lives following a resolution to wipe out all MDC party position holding activist was passed from a ZANU PF meeting that was held on Friday the 13th of November at Chawarura business centre in Muzarabani. The meeting was attended by chairman for war veterans Jabulani Sibanda, chief Chiweshe, district administrator Mike Mazai among others.
Kiswell Masimbisa, MDC district secretary for Muzarabani South told ROHR Zimbabwe that six men, two of them armed with guns stormed his home the night of the ZANU PF meeting around 12 midnight looking for him. The six men gang is said to have paid a visit to Masimbisa’s other three colleagues Jackson Rumero- district vise chairman, Stefan Sado- organizing secretary and Joram Frank- director of elections but could not find them at home.
Edward Raradza from ZANU PF is currently the member of parliament for Muzarabani south district. There are fears that youths have been recruited as officers on ZANU PF payroll to carry out acts of intimidation and violence with impunity to destabilize MDC party structures in preparation of the next elections.
A person, who refused to be named, has revealed that the youth officers are being told not to hesitate or fear any consequences in executing orders since no one has been arrested for the crimes committed during the March-June 2008 election violence which saw more than 200 MDC party supporters murdered and thousands driven off their homes.
The country could be plunged into yet another round of a new wave of organized violence with the news that the ZANU PF party is now making preparations for new elections. Morgan Tsvangirai, who is now the prime minister of Zimbabwe under the GPA pulled off from a second round presidential election runoff in June last year citing violence after defeating president Mugabe for the first time since 1980 and only fell short of the required 51% of the total poll.
