Headmaster assaulted by youth-Zimbabwe

16 January 2002
• Abais Dambuza, the headmaster of Simbaravanhu Secondary School in Bikita, was beaten up in front of the children at his school.
Suspected Zanu PF youths beat up the Simbarevahnu headmaster for supporting the MDC. He was stripped naked and the group of about 40 people took turns to assault him with iron bars and sticks. The headmaster later took refuge in Masvingo.

• The headmaster and four other teachers at Chitsanga Primary School in Bikita were beaten by a group of Zanu PF youths for chanting MDC slogans in class. They later ransacked their houses the school was closed on 17 January 2002 as all the teachers had fled.