Staff Reporter |The Joice Mujuru led Zimbabwe People First party continues to face harassment and persecution, as it tries to establish itself as a formidable opposition party, that will remove President Robert Mugabe from power come 2018 presidential elections.
Mujuru who has  benefited from Zanu PF’s largess as a senior politician in the ruling party, has now come face to face with the ruthlessness of the party she served for decades.
Zanu PF has unleashed its violence machinery on Mujuru’s campaigners in the Mashonaland East and Central provinces, places in which the most horrific terror against the opposition has been documented over the years. Heart wrenching stories of rape, murder, abductions, which to this day have not been fully investigated and perpetrators brought to book.
The former vice President’s campaign teams it is reported cannot even carry out door to door campaigns in peace without being harassed, by their former Zanu PF allies.
“At Mutawatawa Growth point, members of the police chased away Zimbabwe People First supporters who were distributing flyers,” reports Heal Zimbabwe Trust in its peace promotion monitoring report.
“Later in the day, Zanu PF ward 6 Councillor, Tichafunga Marekera moved in the ward with Zanu PF youths intimidating and harassing villagers warning them that all those who support opposition political parties in the area would be dealt with before end of the year”.
At the weekend there were reports that some members of the Mujuru’s party had their homes burnt down by suspected Zanu PF youths in the Mashonaland Central province.