Politically motivated violence has reportedly flared up in Zimbabwe in recent months, as the southern African nation gears up for presidential polls in 2018, a report says. According to Bloomberg, a rights group, The Zimbabwe Peace Projects, claimed that at least 745 people were attacked in August alone, up from 435 in July. The group alleged that about 94% of the attacks were carried out by the ruling Zanu-PF party, and the country's security forces. To help us unpack this violence ahead of the 2018 polls, we are joined on the line by:
Clement Ncube: Chairperson of the Zimbabwe association – The Alliance of Mosi-0a-unya( AMOT )
Simbarashe Herbert Stanley Makoni : A Zimbabwean politician and was a candidate for the March 2008 presidential election against incumbent Robert Mugabe. He was Minister of Finance and Economic Development in President Robert Mugabe's cabinet from 2000 to 2002.
Juset Moyo: Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
