When Zimbabwe’s political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) celebrated its ninth anniversary on September 7 this year, an information pack in a thin blue folder from the party’s Information and Publicity department was issued to guests. An eye-catching, nine- page document dubbed “MDC’s Roll of Honour” had a list chronicling how 314 people alleged to be “MDC supporters who were callously murdered in state sponsored violence since 2000.” Though the above allegations are subject to debate, of great concern however is the number of deaths purported to have been directly caused by not necessarily ‘Zanu PF youths’ but youths in particular.
