“they know where you stay; they know your phone number, that is scary…”

By Gerald C Juma| Lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights are suing ZANU PF members over sms messages said to be scary, which were sent out as a coordinated mass marketing service.

This was revealed at a meeting where the ZLHR’s Noble Chinhano said they are preparing papers..

He said they are furthermore looking into challenging the candidacy of some candidates involved in vote buying. Chinhano said, “we are working on a chamber application, but we can’t point at ZEC because there is no proof; still, political parties are not allowed to send such messages to people.

“When the messages were initially sent we thought it was a service provider, but we got to understand it could not be. We don’t think it’s (industry regulator) POTRAZ because they (the persons who provided the information to Zanu PF) have more information than what these guys have. We think that only the commission has that information. It is very intimidating to receive such information because you would know they know where you stay; they know your phone number, that is scary.”