War vets leader Jabulani Sibanda was last week continuing with his ‘tour of terror’ in Masvingo province, targeting anyone refusing Zanu (PF) orders to speak in support of the party ‘s vies during the constitutional outreach exercise.

A councilor from Zaka in Masvingo told Newsreel last Wednesday that Sibanda was liaising with local chiefs to identify people who are not in favour of the Zanu (PF) backed Kariba Draft constitution.
Sibanda, who has made a political career out of terrorising and torturing MDC supporters, has been camped in Masvingo for more than three weeks now, moving from one constituency to another.
Sources said Chief Ndanga in Zaka and Chief Mabika in Bikita have been working closely with Sibanda and organising rallies for him, in advance of the constitutional outreach meetings.
The rallies have been used to intimidate villagers to ensure they will remain silent during oiutrecah meetings and that they allow only certain appointed individuals to speak.
Those who do not obey this instruction are beaten up soon after the meetings are over. In some cases individuals considered uncooperative are beaten up before the outreach meetings, as a warning to other villagers about what will happen to them if they disobey orders.
The police, instead of arresting Sibanda and his mob, have actually accompanied him to the terror meetings.  
Sibanda last week  threatened to squash Prime Minister Tsvangirai like a ‘fly’, remarks he made in the company of the officer in charge at Mashoko Police Station.
MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa told Newsreel that one of the villagers managed to use their mobile phone handset to record the war vets leader’s rantings.
Newsreel spoke to Co-Home Affairs Minister Theresa Makone, who said she was still to receive reports of Sibanda’s activities in Masvingo, having been away for more than a week in Mozambique on government business.
She said she was disgusted at his behavior and expressed surprise police were giving him free rein to intimidate people. “All the work by COPAC in the area would be null and void as people will be responding under conditions of terror,” she said.
Makone encouraged people affected to file police reports, adding that even if police did nothing it would help people like her in government to make a follow-up on recorded cases, rather than responding to what she said were unofficial complaints.
She says she asked one of the co-chairs of the constitutional committee, Douglas Mwonzora, to investigate these reports and he is still to get back to her.?Makone also warned the Officer in Charge at Mashoko Police Station, telling him he was risking his job by accompanying Sibanda on his terror campaigns.

By SW radio