National youth service training - Solidarity Peace Trust

3. Two affidafits on role of militia in denial of access to health care
Affidavit 1: (anonymised to protect informant)
I, the undersigned, X of X do hereby make oath and state as follows:
1. I reside at X, under Chief X and my address is X.
2. I am married to A, and our marriage is not registered.
3. I have six minor children born of the above.
4. During the Zimbabwe presidential elections, I was a polling agent for the MDC party.
5. On 20 March, 2002, I went to my local clinic as my child was coughing.
6. As I was approaching the clinic, I observed a group of people who were attending a meeting,
which I believed to be a ZANU-PF party meeting.
7. I recognized RM, whom I believe to be the ZANU-PF leader of the youths.
8. As I was coming towards the group, R pointed a finger at me, but I could not hear what he was
saying.
9. As I was passing, the youths inquired from me where I was going.
10. I answered that I was going to the clinic.
11. The youths ordered me to return to where I had come from, as there was no clinic for MDC
supporters, and that I should go to Britain.
12. Too scared of the youths, I turned and went back home.
13. As this happened, I was still far from the clinic, and I have no knowledge whether the clinic
staff had any knowledge of what had happened.
14. From the best of my knowledge and belief, the facts stated above are true and correct.
Thus done at N this………………….. day of June, 2002.
Before me ……………………………………………… Commissioner of Oaths
Affidavit 2: (anonymised to protect informant)
I the undersigned Y, of Y make oath and state as follows:
1. I reside at Y communal lands in Y under Chief Y.
2. I am married to N, and our marriage is not registered.
3. I have four minor children with the above named.
4. I gave birth to a child on 7 September 2001 at D Mission Hospital, and on the second day being
8 September, BCG vaccination was given to the child.
5. On 16 October, 2001, I travelled to the clinic, which is nearer to my home area, to have my first
review after birth of the child as per health requirements.
6. At the clinic, I was checked together with my child and notes of the review entered on the
yellow child health card.
7. Three months after the birth of the child I returned to the clinic for polio vaccination, but the
clinic had no medicine.
8. On 10 January, 2002, I returned to the same clinic and had my child vaccinated for polio.
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