{"id":45556,"date":"2021-08-25T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=45556"},"modified":"2021-08-25T18:00:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T16:00:28","slug":"zanu-pf-accused-of-intimidating-chimanimani-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-accused-of-intimidating-chimanimani-villagers","title":{"rendered":"Zanu PF Accused Of Intimidating Chimanimani Villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Staff Reporter<\/b> &#8211; ZANU PF activists in Chimanimani, Manicaland province stand accused of intimidating villagers by collecting personal details of each eligible voter.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling party supporters are claiming the information is for selecting beneficiaries of government agricultural inputs.<\/p>\n<p>Villagers who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com last weekend claimed Zanu PF supporters in Biriiri, Mhakwe, and Muusha areas are moving around people\u2019s homes surreptitiously collecting the information from villagers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Zanu PF supporter (name supplied) visited my home and asked names and ages of all the people whom I stay with. When I asked her the reason for the provision of the information, she said the data was needed for farming inputs beneficiaries\u2019 selection,\u201d one concerned villager said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, I challenged why she was involving herself in government-run projects when is she not employed by the government. However, she could not answer me and I immediately told her to vacate my place,\u201d said a villager who refused to be named for fear of victimisation.<\/p>\n<p>Another villager in Biriiri said two Zanu PF activists also visited him last week Monday on a similar mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo known Zanu PF cadres on Monday last week approached me at my place and requested personal details for my family members. They were holding two brown writing books,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the guys asked me how many family members were eligible to vote. She said she and his colleague had been assigned by the local headman to document people who are in need of farming inputs, but I failed to understand how farming inputs have to do with someone\u2019s eligibility to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe Zanu PF wants to use this information for election manipulation purposes,\u201d said the villager.<\/p>\n<p>Zanu PF has for years been accused of using food aid as a campaign gimmick.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling party\u2019s Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Staff Reporter &#8211; ZANU PF activists in Chimanimani, Manicaland province stand accused of intimidating villagers by collecting personal details of each eligible voter. The ruling party supporters are claiming the information is for selecting beneficiaries of government agricultural inputs. 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