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Masvingo
student leader still in remand prison
Students Solidarity Trust
October 10, 2007
Masvingo
Edison Hlatshwayo,
the Secretary General of the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has
once again been remanded in custody to the 11th of October where
his bail application will be heard. He is facing charges of Malicious
Injury to Property.
George Makamure, Hlatshwayo's
co-accused was granted Z$5 million bail, and their trial which commenced
today, has been postponed to the 23rd of October.
The Magistrates Court
in Masvingo is refusing Edison bail on grounds that he once ran
away from the police.
The charges arose after
Hlatshwayo, in the company of other student leaders from the Great
Zimbabwe University were assaulted by campus security as they addressed
students outside the campus. Police moved in to arrest the student
leaders, and accused them of assaulting campus security.
In a related story, the
Magistrates Court in Masvingo has ruled that 8 student leaders who
are facing charges of public violence under section 37 of the Criminal
Code Act will be tried on a future date. The charges were preferred
against the students after they were involved in skirmishes with
students from the government support Zimbabwe Congress of Students
Union (ZICOSU).
The 8 are Mukudzei Shoko,
Whitlow Mugwiji, Edison Hlatshwayo, Thomas Chanakira, Desmond Ncube,
Courage Ngwarai, George Makamure and Oglyv Makova.
The state will proceed
by way of summons, and the case awaits service of fresh summons
for the students for a trial on a future date when the state puts
its house in order. The state was not prepared to proceed with the
trial.
Bulawayo
Meanwhile, Themba
Maphenduka, the NUST
student activist who was arrested yesterday after addressing students
at the University is in police custody - his bail application
hearing is set for tomorrow.
However, the state intends
to oppose the bail application on the grounds they are still looking
for others suspects, Langalihle Manyani and Cynthia Manjoro. Another
student, Valencia Jachi, who evaded police arrest yesterday, is
on the police wanted list in Bulawayo.
Mutare
Four students at Mary
Mount Teachers College in Mutare were detained on Monday the 8th
of October for allegedly planning a demonstration over deteriorating
conditions at the campus. The four were picked up at campus around
8am and released at 5pm.
The four, Portia Mandiyanike,
the Information and Publicity Officer, Ellist Tirimboyi, Mirirayi
Maponde and Isheanesu Makamure were picked up by details from the
Criminal Investigations Department and handed over to the dreaded
spies, Central Intelligence Operatives who interrogated them, and
threatened them with suspension if they continue with their protests.
The Principal of the College has allegedly told the students they
will not seat for exams which are starting in a week's time
And at Mutare Polytechnic,
the College's student leaders, Brilliant Dube (SRC President),
Micheal Nyanyiwa (SRC Secretary General) and Antonio Jones (SRC
Treasurer). The lecturer, Mr. Kasingarirwe is claiming that the
students did not submit the assignments.
If the assignments are
not recovered the students will automatically be deferred by HEXCO.
This is believed to be a deliberate and systematic attempt by the
administration to victimize the students and frustrate them into
not completing their courses.
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Solidarity Trust fact
sheet
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