A list of known abductions and forced disappearances in Zimbabwe since 1980.
Please note: the status 'unknown' means editors don't have any information on whether the abducted person was eventually found. It could be that they were found but this information has not been found by the editors, or that they are still missing
2019
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Dr Peter Magombeyi
|
14 December 2019
|
Harare
|
Dumped In Nyabira after 5 days (located evening of 19 Sep)
|
Doctors' Trade Unionist
|
| Samantha Kureya (Gonyeti)
|
21 August 2019
|
Harare
|
Stripped, assaulted & dumped in Crowborough
|
Comedienne
|
| Trust Chaputika & Wife
|
20 August 2019
|
Bulawayo
|
Assaulted & dumped same night
|
MDC Member
|
| Tinashe Kambarami
|
17 August 2019
|
Bulawayo
|
Assaulted & dumped along Matopos road
|
MDC Councillor
|
| Tatenda Mombeyarara
|
14 August 2019
|
|
Severely tortured and dumped
|
Human rights activist
|
| Sibanda
|
18 August 2019
|
Bulawayo
|
Assauklted and dumped at a cemetery
|
Father of MDC Bulawayo Youth Leader, Pashor Sibanda
|
| Cosmas Mashwa
|
14 August 2019
|
Epworth
|
Unknown
|
MDC chair of ward 4 in Epworth
|
| Blessing Kanotunga
|
14 August 2019
|
|
Assaulted and dumped
|
MDC Youth Chairperson for Mufakose
|
| Obert Masaraure
|
5 June 2019
|
Home (Waterfalls, Harare)
|
Stripped, assaulted and dumped in Seke area
|
President of Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ)
|
| Prince Paradza
|
between 1 and 5 June 2019
|
Gokwe Central
|
Unknown
|
MDC Activist
|
| Edify Vushoma
|
between 1 and 5 June 2019
|
Gokwe Central
|
Unknown
|
MDC Activist
|
| Robert Saunyama
|
19 February 2019
|
Zimunya, Mutare
|
Assaulted at 3 Infantry Brigade in Mutare and dumped
|
MDC Official
|
| Dunmore Saunyama
|
19 February 2019
|
Zimunya, Mutare
|
Assaulted at 3 Infantry Brigade in Mutare and dumped
|
MDC Official
|
| Owen Chari
|
23 January 2019
|
Tafara-Mabvuku
|
Assaulted and dumped in Mandara suburb
|
MDC Activist
|
| Blessing Toronga
|
24 January 2019 [1]
|
Glen Norah C Shopping Centre in Harare.
|
Found Dead
|
MDC Activist
|
2017
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Tariro Zhangazha
|
10 February 2017 [2]
|
Harare CBD
|
Unknown
|
Street Vendor
|
2016
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Patson Dzamara
|
16 November 2016[3]
|
Harare
|
Assaulted and dumped near Lake Chivero
|
Political Activist & MDC Official
|
| Ishmael Kauzani
|
01 Dec 2016 [4]
|
Harare
|
Assaulted, dumped
|
Tajamuka Political Activist
|
| Kudakwashe Kambakunje
|
27 September 2016 [5]
|
Harare
|
Assaulted and dumped on a farm about 22km outside Harare
|
Political Activist
|
2015
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Itai Dzamara
|
9 March 2015
|
Glenview, Harare
|
Still Missing
|
Journalism & Political Activism
|
2012
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Paul Chizuze
|
2012
|
Bulawayo
|
|
|
2008
2000
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Patrick Nabanyana
|
19 June 2000[6]
|
Home (Nketa, Bulawayo)
|
Still Missing
|
MDC Activist
|
1990
| Name
|
Abduction Date
|
Place
|
Status
|
Known For
|
| Rashiwe Guzha
|
May 1990
|
|
Still Missing
|
Officer in the CIO
|
References
- ↑ MDC supporter turns up dead after January 24 kidnapping, ZimLive, Published:13 March 2019, Retrieved: 17 Sep 2019
- ↑ Video: Moment when Tariro Zhangazha was allegedly abducted by police, she is still missing, Pindula News, Published: 11 Feb 2017, Retrieved: 17 Sep 2019
- ↑ How Patson Dzamara was abducted and assaulted (Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights), Pindula News, Published: 18 Nov 2016, Retrieved: 17 Sep 2019
- ↑ Tajamuka member abducted, tortured and had car driven over his leg, Pindula News, Published: 02 Dec 2016, Retrieved: 17 Sep 2019
- ↑ Abducted Activist, Kambakunje, Found On Farm Badly Injured, Pindula News, Published: 28 Sep 2016, Retrieved: 17 Sep 2019
- ↑ Zim cops barred from church, farmer under siege, News24, Published: 07 Jul 2001, Retrieved: 17 Sep 2019
