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ZINASU
president arrested
Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition
March 29, 2010
39 other
students arrested in nation wide demonstrations
The President
of the Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU), Joshua Chinyere was arrested
today, 29 March 2010 during a peaciful deminstration under the theme,
'March 29 my vote spoke; Igniting students' voices'
marking the first annivesary of the decisive March
29 2008 polls. Chinyere's whereabouts remaining unknown.
During the demonstrarion
staged in Harare, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Gweru, students were demanding
Free and Quality education, an end to student's victimization,
accessible loans and grants, full implementation of the Inter
Party Political Agreement (IPA), revision of the cadetship scheme
and a new
democratic constitution. A total of 1 200 students marched nationwide
while 39 were arrested.
Below is a brief of what
transpired in the four cities;
Harare
In Harare 250 students
led by Joshua Chinyere, Vice President Georgina Sango and secretary
for publicity, Wisdom Mgagara took to the streets and marched towards
Parliament building where they intended to hand in a petition to
the Speaker of parliament, Honourable Lovemore Moyo. Their attempts
were however foiled by heavily armed anti-riot police who assaulted
Chinyere, Sango and a student, Robert Chere before arresting Chinyere.
It is still unclear where Chinyere is being held with frantic efforts
to locate him at Harare Central and Avondale Police Stations reaching
a dead end. 31 students were arrested, 20 prior to the demonstration
and 11 during the March. They are currently incarcerated at Harare
Central Police Station.
Bulawayo
The Bulawayo march attended
by 400 students and led by Secretary General Grant Tabvureyi and
Sports Secretary Patric Danga went ahead without any disruptions.
However prior to the march, ZINASU regional officer Melissa Ndlovu
was detained for 1 hour and questioned over the purpose of the march.
The students managed to hand in a petition to Bulawayo Metropolitan
Governor, Cain Mathema.
Masvingo
350 students led by ZINASU
Treasurer General, Zivanai Muzorodze and Secretary for Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs, Alec Tabe staged a demonstration in Masvingo
leading to the arrest of eight students. Names of the arrested are
yet to be confirmed.
Gweru
200 students staged a
successful demonstration led by Faith Chamba the ZINASU secretary
for International Relations and Artwell Chidya, Secretary for education.
No arrests were made.
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