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20 December 2021
Prosperity Sikhosana<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a meeting called at Mawungwa township, a Zanu-PF Councillor for ward 24 Gutu threatened to withhold food and other government aid from people who attended the funeral of an MDC activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Councillor Mathias Takamira Rashai called a meeting a week after MDC political activist died during political violence, to address the participants of the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was allegedly quoted saying that the singers and attendants of the funeral and those chanting MDC slogans “are banished from getting government aid of any form”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to The Mirror, Rashai allegedly declared that MDC was banned in the ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview with Masvingo Mirror, Rashai confirmed to holding a meeting but dismisses the idea that he banned MDC supporters from getting aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MDC activist who passed on during the political violence was Nyasha Zhambe Mawere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had attended an event which had been graced by the presence of the party’s leader Nelson Chamisa in Gutu, Masvingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He succumbed to injuries due to violent attacks by alleged Zanu-PF supporters who have been accused of inciting violent battles with their MDC rivals as they seek to prevent Chamisa from holding rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was allegedly seized by Zanu-PF supporters who “besieged” him and left him for dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Villagers took him to Gutu Rural District Hospital where he was treated before being taken to Harare where he eventually died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his death, there has not been any arrests even though the names of suspects and video footages have been made available by the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n