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Original Post Date: 2010-04-05 Time: 18:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Jenniffer Dube
INSTEAD of commemorating the Biblical suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ during Easter, some Christian families in Muzarabani and Shamva had to endure their own suffering but for political reasons.
Reports from rights organisations, Victims Action Committee (VAC), Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and the Restoration of Human Rights (Rohr) Zimbabwe said some churches were last week persecuted for political reasons.
VAC said 28 people, including 10 children under the age of 12 and two teenagers, were on Wednesday forced to flee their homes after being threatened with violence.
A Zanu PF supporter, Ishmael Jeni is alleged to have threatened the victims at a prayer meeting held at Zhanda village of Chishapa area in Shamva.
“Jeni threatened to descend on them with a group of Zanu PF youths at night to destroy their houses to drive them from the village for being supporters of the MDC,” VAC said.
“The families faced a similar fate during the round of violence in March 2008 and now they are squatting in the nearby bushes with no access to food, water and shelter.”
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and Rohr Zimbabwe reported that Zanu PF supporters burnt down an Apostolic Faith Mission church building in Muzarabani before threatening villagers there with violence.
“The church premises are near MDC-T losing council candidate for ward 17 in Charunda Village, Wirimayi Gono,” MDC chairman for Muzarabani South Freddie Matonhodze said.
“The youths who burnt down the building said they were doing so because Gono and his supporters attended that church.”
Matonhodze said the building suffered the same fate during the June 2008 run-off period and its owners had just completed rebuilding it.
He said attempts to also burn a homestead belonging to one MDC supporter were thwarted by villagers who manhandled the leader of the rowdy youths, Paradzai Chabayanzara and handed him over to the police.
He was however later released without charge.
“Zanu PF district chairman Tapara Diamond then called a meeting where he told the villagers that he was launching what he called Operation Hapana Anotaura for the constitution-making process,” Matonhodze said.
“He said chiefs and other people had already been appointed to talk on behalf of the community when the outreach teams arrive and he does not expect to hear anyone else making any contribution during the consultations.”
Matonhodze said MDC supporters were then informed that Zanu PF youths from other constituencies had been invited into the village to spearhead violence.
About 55 people then fled their homes at night to seek refuge at St Albert business centre, Matonhodze said.
MDC-T provincial treasurer Gilbert Kagodora yesterday said the people, who spent close to a week in the open without food and water, have returned to their homesteads after police assured them of protection.
Several attempts to get a comment from police spokesperson Wayne Bvudzijena were futile as he was unreachable after promising to gather facts relating to the matter which he said he was not aware of.
MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa confirmed receiving the reports and said the party’s security teams were already investigating the attacks.
He said the violence was very unfortunate and promised that his party would assist the displaced families.
Matonhodze said his community took its case to the Organ on National Healing and Reconciliation which is reported to have failed to resolve the raging control for the Anglican Church in Harare.
Sources within the Anglican Church said officials from the government arm last week conducted a string of meetings with excommunicated Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga and Bishop Chad Gandiya with the hope of reconciling the two factions.
“The officials suggested that we operationalise Judge President Rita Makarau’s order on sharing premises but Kunonga refused saying that the only option will be for the other faction to join him,” a source said.
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Original date published: 3 April 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201004050292.html?viewall=1