Sithole endures second night in detention
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April 2021 spent his second night in police detention at Harare
Central Police Station after some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)
officers released him from police cells yesterday morning to appear at
Harare Magistrates Court but later made a volte-face.While Sithole and his lawyer Obey Shava of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human
Rights (ZLHR) were at the prosecutors’ “vetting” office at Harare
Magistrates Court, ZRP officers then decided to take him back to
Harare Central Police Station saying they had received instructions
from their superiors who advised that it was too early to take Sithole
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.
Zimbabwean police on Tuesday arrested for the second time a journalist who has been critical of the government, his lawyer said, adding this time it was for contempt of court related to a post he made on Twitter.