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Strikes and Protests 2007/8 - Students
ZINASU president and 9 others arrested
Zimbabwe National
Students Union (ZINASU)
January 17, 2007
T he Zimbabwe National
Students' Union president, Promise Mkwananzi was arbitrarily arrested
by state agents at United College of Education during the launch
of the Save our Education; Save our Future campaign. The campaign
comes against a backdrop of deteriorating educational standards,
imminent extension of Mugabe's term of office to 2010 and astronomical
fees being charged in all tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe.
In the light of the above
submissions, the campaign seeks to; among other things locate the
role of the students in the broader democratization initiatives
such as the Save Zimbabwe campaign.
According to eye witnesses,
he was picked in the company of nine other student leaders by unidentified
and non-uniformed persons suspected to be from the Zimbabwe Republic
Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The arrested students'
leaders are currently detained at Mzilikazi police station in Bulawayo.
Among the arrested
were ZINASU Secretary General, Beloved Chiweshe; ZINASU Secretary
for Social and Legal Affairs, Milward Makwenjere; National University
of Science and Technology (NUST) Student Representative Council
(SRC) president Clever Bere, Vava Blessing SRC president at Bulawayo
Polytechnic, Magabatela Jonathan, NUST SRC Treasurer, Nyoni Emmanuel,
U.C.E SRC Secretary General and Viki Zwelithini, University of Zimbabwe
SRC Vice President.
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