The untold story of Itai Dzamara

To fortify his story, Dzamara also sent FAIR an email he allegedly sent to Mbanga on 21 April 2008. It read:

“A group of three men in plain clothes and driving a mazda pick up without number plates visited my home yesterday morning when we had gone to church.

“Our neighbour said they asked about our whereabouts and later tried to force open into the house. they broke the outside screen but failed to open the door. when we got back we learnt about this and arranged to move to my  cousin'g place in westagate-where we are still staying. the same people later visited my parents' and told my sister who was at home that they were looking for me but without further details. my neighbour says they visited again today.

“i might not be able to file for this issue. will keep you informed. i am currently at my cousin's together with my wife and son.”

FAIR advised Dzamara that it was not safe to mention where he had moved to if his life was in danger.

Dzamara was abducted from a barbershop in Highfield almost in the same manner that he had described seven years earlier raising the question that if he was abducted by ZANU-PF or state agents as widely claimed, why did they have to wait for seven years to do that?  Had Dzamara become an even greater threat? How?

These are all questions that might remain unanswered unless someone owns up about what happened to Dzamara.

Note: The writer was chairman of FAIR in 2008-2009 and joined FAIR full-time from June 2009 to 2012.

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