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Student
leader found
Student
Solidarity Trust
May 12, 2008
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU) Secretary for Information and
Publicity Blessing Vava was found on Saturday afternoon in Banket,
Mashonaland West Province. He was kidnapped
by suspected war veterans after addressing students at Chinhoyi
University of Technology (CUT) last Wednesday. According to Vava
he was picked by war veterans at Chinhoyi University and was taken
to a place outside Chinhoyi town were he was interrogated about
ZINASU activities. He was tortured while his face was covered. He
was then bundled into a car and dumped in Banket were he seeks assistance
of villagers. During his entire ordeal he did not eat anything and
his health deteriorated significantly.
Meanwhile,police in Chinhoyi
failed to raise substantive charges against detained Chinhoyi University
of Technology students on Friday afternoon. Faith Mutepfa, Lothando
Sibanda, and Privillege Matizanadzo who briefly appeared in Chinhoyi
magistrate court had their charges thrown out by court. The court
released the three and ordered the police to proceed if they gather
enough evidence to press charges. The charges were not warranting
prosecution. The three were arrested during a student demonstration
last Wednesday on cumpus. Students were demand an end to the post
election violence that is rocking the country.
In Masvingo,Courage
Ngwarai the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) secretary
for legal and academic affairs and Hillary Matanga, a student at
Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) were released late on Saturday afternoon
after paying admission of guilt fines. Their charge was "Disorderly
conduct in a public place as defined in section 41.b of the Criminal
Law (Codification and Reform )Act chapter 9.23 . . . . . . ..
Wantonly engages in a riotous conduct." Ngwarai was arrested
on 08 May at the university. This follows a student demonstration
demanding that GZU authorities stop evicting him from the college.
A lot of students were injured during the clash with armed riot
police.
The Zimbabwe National
students Union Vice President Brilliant Dube has condemned the victimization
of students especially female students .She said the arrests were
a ploy to stop female students from participating in academic struggles.
She also urged the Harare administration to stop the violence that
has characterized the post election period.
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Solidarity Trust fact
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