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former GZU students to appear for trial
Student
Solidarity Trust
August 04, 2008
Four Great Zimbabwe
State University students will once again appear for trial tomorrow
at Masvingo Magistrates Court. Brenda Mupfurutsa, Oglive Makova,
George Makamure and Joel Bingudza are facing contempt of court charges
following a demonstration they staged at Masvingo magistrate court
when Edison Hlatswayo was appearing before the magistrate on 15
October 2007. The demonstration also got them suspended from school
before they were reinstated in time for them to be able to write
their end of year exams.
After having spent four days in police holding cells, the students
were remanded in custody on the 20 October 2007 when they appeared
in court. They were later remanded out of custody on the 25th of
October 2007 and from there on subjected to a series of routine
court appearances, at least one appearance every month until their
trial date was set for 6 August 2008.
Mupfurutsa,
Makamure and Bingudza have now finished their studies; however Makumure's
results are still being withheld while Makova is still on suspension.
Meanwhile seven Bulawayo Polytechnic Students who were suspended
form the college in June this year for mobilizing students to be
polling agents are in the process of filing their High Court application
challenging their victimization. The seven are Simba Kuzipa (President),Gregory
Door (Vice President), Desire Siyaneta (Secretary General), Malvern
Kadete Political and legal affairs secretary), Leopold Tapi (Sports
secretary), Tonderai Chiborise (Food and Accommodation secretary)
and Donald Mazikana.
Meanwhile, The
Zimbabwe
National Student Union (ZINASU) Secretary General Lovemore Chinoputsa
and Shadreck Vengesai appeared before the University disciplinary
committee on Thursday last week. Their case arose from the disturbances
that rocked the university on 07 July 2008.The two were suspended
pending disciplinary hearing. To date they have appeared a record
nine times .The same disciplinary hearing had suspended Ceaser Sitiya
and Shawn Matheza.Three students Thabani Moyo,Shingirai Chikomba
and Manifest Jabuli. Fortune Chamba who is the Students Union secretary
for legal affairs had his matter referred to the vice chancellor
for determination.
Commenting on this Chinoputsa attacked the university authorities
for taking more than a year dealing with the issue while students
are not attending school.
Security officers who
were witnesses in the case exonerated Chinoputsa from the charges.
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Solidarity Trust fact
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