Coltart, trade unionist hit Kazembe and Matanga with RTGS$12.5 million lawsuit
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Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Hon. Kazembe Kazembe and
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and
the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for RTGS$12.5 million as
damages for wrongful and malicious arrest and prosecution on charges
of plotting to foment civil obedience in Zimbabwe.
The five namely Douglas Coltart, a human rights lawyer, Amalgamated
Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Secretary-General Robson Chere,
Jessica Drury, Munyaradzi Ndawana and Precious Ndlovu were arrested by
ZRP officers in April 2019 after they were allegedly caught in
possession of a book entitled “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” and charged