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By Mary Taruvinga
AN MDC Alliance activist, Vongai Tome who made headlines two days ago through claims a police officer fondled her breasts has been remanded in custody.
She was arraigned before Harare Magistrate Richard Mangosi facing disorderly conduct charges.
Tome (51) is being charged together with Kudakwashe Butau (30) Ngonidzashe Mupfumba (21) and Patrick Shumba (22).
They were not asked to plead and were remanded in custody to this Friday for bail ruling.
According to prosecutors, on Tuesday this week, Tome, Mupfumba, Shumba and Butau or one or more of them “intentionally engaged in a disorderly conduct by chanting slogan ‘Ahoi maComrades Ahoi’ and during an attempt by the police to disperse them, Tome shouted “ndabatwa zamu” in a bid to distract police officers from dispersing them.
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By Ndatenda Njanike
HARARE journalist Samuel Takawira was Tuesday morning assaulted by police while filming a group of police officers who had been deployed at the Harare Magistrates’ Court where MDC Alliance activist Haruzivishe Makomborero was being sentenced for inciting public violence.
The incident was confirmed by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights who said the journalist working for online based news outlet 263Chat sustained some injuries as a result of the abuse.
“Freelance journalist @takawirasam has sustained injuries on his hand after he was assaulted by police officers outside Harare Magistrates Court.
“The injury sustained by freelance journalist @takawirasam after he was assaulted by a truncheon by a police officer outside Harare Magistrates Court,” tweeted the lawyers’ group.
By Paidashe Mandivengerei
SUSPECTED MDC activists Thursday staged a flash demonstration outside the New Government Complex which houses the justice ministry offices in central Harare to demand to the resignation of Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Chief Justice Luke Malaba.
The placard waving activists of about 10 also sprayed graffiti on the walls and floors of the building while chanting protest songs.
“Justice now,” read one of the messages.
Other messages on the placards read, “Ziyambi Must Go”, “Malaba Must Go”, “Citizens Convergence for Change”, “Mako Is Not A Criminal”, “Free Chivi, Mako, Joanna, Cecilia”, “Hands Off Our Courts”.
They later dumped the placards in front of the government building which has been a common spot for demonstrations by teachers, activists and war veterans during the tenure of former Finance Minister Tendai Biti.