Heroes & Villains - 16 May, 2008
Heroes:
1. Sabhuku Elias Madzivanzira and his wife - the 70 year old village head in Ward 8 Shamva was axed to death by youth militia. His wife was seriously injured.
2. Nelson Emmanual - Harare South - beaten to death at Hopley farm.
3. The 79 year old father and 76 year old mother of Elliott Pfebve - currently being held at a torture camp. Condition unknown.
4. 22 year old Memory - savagely beaten and hospitalised, but still vowing to vote for peaceful change.
5. Tonderayi Ndira - abducted in Mabvuku by 9 men from Goromonzi police, in a white Toyota single cab pickup Reg. 772-224T. Still missing he has been arrested a total of 35 times.
6. Beta Chokururama, Murehwa - shot and stabbed to death on his way to say goodbye to his mother. He was fleeing the country to seek refuge in SA after an earlier, brutal beating.

 

 
Villains:
1. Zimbabwe prisons chief Paradzai Zimondi - he is funding and feeding Zanu PF militias terrorising and murdering opposition supporters in Mashonaland East province.
2. Deputy youth minister & Mt. Darwin MP Xavier Kasukuwere - chief architect of the violence in Mash Central and Mash East.
3. Ward councillor Zira - leads a gang of ZPF thugs terrorising people in Marondera North. Recently 2 people died in an attack at Kadenga growth point.
4. Major Moyo Zim national army - leads a ZPF militia in Gokwe. Two deaths reported in the area.
5. War vets Gwava and Samson Svundu - chased 14 youths at Chiredzana dip tank (ward 13). Caught and severley beat 3 of the young boys, one who had to be hospitalised.
6. Village headman Antony Jongwe and ZPF district chairperson Viola Muchenje implicated in very violent attacks on ZESN observers Mt. Darwin.
7. War vets Muroyiwa and Joshua, based at Bata farm - named as the killers of village head Madzivanzira.
8. MP for Mudzi North Newten Kachepa - instigator of violence in the area. A ZESN observer was severely tortured.
9. Murehwa violence - The MP for Uzumba/Pfungwe, Simba Mudarikwa, instigating violence, arranging vehicles & ferrying youths to villages to attack opposition supporters. War vets Kashesha, Dandara, Mavungire (wearing army fatigues), Kandemire and Katsvairo 3. Mukoma 'Brother B' is force marching people in Murehwa to meetings and ordering people to provide 20 names each of opposition supporters.
Heroes and Villains 9 May, 2008


Heroes:

1. Samson - 3 years old - hit in the face with a rock by ZPF militia on Golden Star farm, Shamva.

2. Unknown 14-month old - admitted to a Harare hospital on Thursday. Beaten unconscious on her mother's back in an attack by ZPF youths and "war vets".

4. South African Transport & Allied Workers Union - for continuing to monitor the movements of the Chinese arms ship and alerting the world to the fact that it is heading to Congo Brazzaville.

5. Durban based inspectorate of the Int Transport Workers Federation - for flying to Brazzaville to make sure the Zim weapons cargo is not unloaded.

6. Tairos - a tractor driver - dragged to a police station, ordered to point out police symapthetic to MDC. Unable to do so he was beaten to death in the police station by ZPF militia.

Villains:

1. Christopher Mashoko, Oswel Kasakura, Dovshal Mutekede, Raphael Chimunhu, Aleck Mbofana and Aleck Chiumbi - all named as being involved in violence.

2. ZPF activist Mhindo - trained youths involved in the violent assaults at Driefontein Mission near Mvuma.

3. 18 security officials including Happyton Bonyongwe, Head of the Department of State Security in the President's Office; Augustine Chihuri, Commissioner General of Police; Paradzayi Zimondi, Prisons Commissioner; Constantine Chigwenga, Head of Defence Forces; Didymus Mutasa, Minister of State Security; Kembo Mohadi, Minister of Home Affairs; Assistant Commissioner Musarashana Godwin Mabunda; and Superintendent, Law and Order Section, Harare, J Chani. Named in a report submitted to South African's Prosecuting Authority for involvement in the torture of MDC officials, including Tsvangirai, in March last year.

4. Cairo Mhandu - recently elected MP & retired solider - led attacks on 4 villages in Chiweshe. 11 dead, 20 seriously injured.

5. Kicker Ncube - leader of a group of war vets responsible for beatings and evictions on a farm in Figtree. He works for MP Obert Mpofu.

6. GMB manager in the Lowveld, the newely appointed Army Colonel Masimbi - for using food as a political weapon and violently 're-educating' people.

7. ZPF MP for Uzumba, Simba Mudarikwa - financing and directing the violence in his area, as well as using his trucks to transport the violent youths.

8. War vets Kandomire & Makoto - for leading the gangs responsible for the beatings and burning of houses in Uzumba. ZPF Senator Kabayanjire also involved.

 
Heroes & Villains - Friday 02 May

Heroes:

1. MDC Councillor Rusere for Sadza, Wedza - died from injuries sustained in the rural violence. She had fled to MDC offices Harare but was one of those arrested in the raid on the offices and detained. Police ignored the court order to provide access to medical treatment.
2. Tabitha Marume, Rusape - Marume was part of a group of MDC activists who went to a torture camp at Manonga School, demanding the release of colleagues who had been abducted by soldiers. She was shot and killed.
3. 10,000 villagers in Makoni West who attend Marume's funeral in defiance of the ZPF violence. They sang songs of defiance, declaring violence will not stop them supporting MDC.

Villains:

1. Jabulani Sibanda - allegedly axed an MDC supporter in the head .
2. Emmerson Mnangagwa - in charge of the Joint Operations Committee (JOC) that oversees the violence campaign.
3. Gideon Gono - economic advisor to JOC. It costs money to beat and murder people.
4. Sithembiso Nyoni, Minister of Small to Medium Scale Enterprises - watched as 3 ZPF men with her seriously assault Zachariah Isaac Ncube at Gababi in Ward 1 in Nkayi North.
5. Former CIO director and cabinet minister Shadreck Chipanga - led war vets in attack on headmaster at Chakumba Primary School Makoni South. Headmaster battling for life with serious injuries.
6. Daniel Romeo Mutsunguma, CIO agent employed at Zim embassy Washington, USA - MDC allege he murdered Tabitha Marume.
7. Thabo Mbeki - as chair of the UN Security Council he blocked UN action over the Zimbabwe crisis - along with help from China , Russia and Vietnam.

Heroes & Villains - Friday 25 April

Heroes:

1. The whistleblower who leaked the consignment details about arms for Zim on Chinese ship.
2. Noseweek for alerting the world to the story.
3. SA dock workers for refusing to unload the arms.
4. SA litigation centre/Int Action Network on Small Arms, for the successful legal case that blocked the arms shipment.
5. Chairman of SADC, Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, for asking all regional leaders to bar ship from docking.
6. Avaaz for their banner protest at the UN and their global online petition to stop arms to Zim.
7. The Archbishops of Canterbury & York, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican Primate of Southern Africa for calling for a Zim arms embargo.
8. Ex Malawi President Muluzi for condemning the Zimbabwe situation.
9. Delegates to East African Law Society conference Dar es Salaam for referring to Mbeki as 'Thabo 'no crisis' Mbeki.
10.U.S. envoy to Africa, Jendayi Frazer, on a visit to South Africa, for saying Mugabe should do the honourable thing and step down.
11. Democratic Alliance in SA for calling on the South African government to press for Zimbabwe’s expulsion from the AU and the imposition of travel sanctions on Zimbabwean government officials entering South Africa.

Villains:

1. War vet Richard Makoni (Mutoko East) for the murder of Tatenda Chibika who he shot & killed on April 17.
2. War vet gang leader in Mash Central, Mashonga for evicting and threatening Wela villagers with death.
3. Magistrates Olivia Mariga and Gloria Takundwa for remanding 30 MDC human rights activists and journalist Frank Chikowore in custody, saying that releasing them would fuel violence.
4. Soldiers Cloud Mashoko & Oswell Kasakura, war vet Aaron Jack Kadande, ZPF youth vice chair Raphel Chimhandu, ZPF youths Tichafa Chimunhu, Wellington Chimunhu, Dova Mutekede, Nyepanai Mutekede, Marisa Mapika and Ian Makonde for attacking Mutata/Mukango/Matumbura villagers with logs and axes and destroying homes and property.
5. China for sending arms to Zim.
6. China for refusing to accept a petition at it's embassy in Pretoria asking them to respect the human rights of Zimbabweans.
7. ZNA private Madamombe & ZPF miliaman Jawet Kazangarare for the murder of MDC supporter Tapiwa Mbwanda in Hurungwe East.
8. Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa for saying no one has died of politically motivated violence at the hands of Zanu-PF.
9. Extreme violence in Murewa instigated by Health Minister David Parirenyatwa, ZPF District Co-ordinating Committee member Mavhungire & newly elected Senator, Bright Makunde (owner of Hot Pot Restaurant and other businesses in Murewa Centre).
10. War Vet Eric Pfumvuti, mastermind of reign of terror in Mutoko. Promoted to police Sen Ass Commissioner. 4 MDC dead in the area.
11. Police officer 'Silver' based Harare Central, is at the centre of terror campaign against MDC. Shot dead an opposition activist in Sunningdale.