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September 2026 | Zimbabwe GBV Tracker
7 indexed fatal people · 2 indexed serious non-fatal events. Review: 25 October 2026 · published 26 October 2026.
This calendar period has ended; the incomplete register remains open to late reports and corrections. This is an incomplete, nonprobability public-source register. It cannot estimate national incidence, prevalence or perpetrator distributions and must not be used to rank countries.
Counting note: fatal figures count people; serious non-fatal figures count distinct events. These are different units and should not be added together. See Methods & Data Dictionary →
Fatal people
| Stable ID · dates, evidence and sources | Person or safe identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| ZW-GBV-2026-002 | Martin Muduva | Fatal person |
| ZW-GBV-2026-003 | Zvikomborero Tari | Fatal person |
| ZW-GBV-2026-004 | Manford Mchede | Fatal person |
Serious non-fatal events
| Stable ID · dates, evidence and sources | Person or safe identifier | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| ZW-NF-2026-004 | Harare adult survivor · identity withheld | Distinct non-fatal event |
Month and cumulative reconciliation
September: 7 fatal people / 2 non-fatal events. Cumulative from August through this month: 8 fatal people / 5 non-fatal events.
Fatal people and non-fatal events use different units. Linked survivors in one episode remain one non-fatal event. Full occurrence/discovery dates, provisional classifications, gender fields, justice status and source URLs are preserved in each linked history.
Research records outside totals
Open undated, unclassified and out-of-coverage leads. These are not additional counted cases for this month.
11 October correction note
ZW-GBV-2026-003–004: September fatal 1→3. ZW-GBV-2026-005–007: October fatal 0→3. Original Pindula and NewZimbabwe reports replace aggregator/syndication links as principal sources.
Country correction history · Public change log
Month-end documentation finding
Stable privacy-safe identifiers would help connect police reports to court outcomes. The sequence of documented cases is not evidence of a national trend.
Publication correction · 26 October 2026
ZW-GBV-2026-008–011 and ZW-NF-2026-005: September backfill of four fatal people and one linked non-fatal event; September 3/1→7/2; cumulative 7/4→11/5. Pre-publication correction to the 25 October packet: ZW-NF-2026-006 has no established assault date and remains outside totals; the packet’s proposed September NF 3 and cumulative NF 6 were not published.
