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Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
May 12, 2008

ZCTU Leaders remanded in custody . . .
Lovemore Matombo and Wellington Chibebe, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) President and Secretary General respectively, were today 12 May 2008 remanded in custody to the 23rd of May. The two were arrested last week on allegations of inciting public violence on May Day.

A consignment of 1000 T-shirts intended for distribution in Bulawayo and Hwange by the ZCTU were confiscated by the police on Friday the 9th of May 2008 evening at the National Railways of Zimbabwe. The T-shirts were taken to the Law and Order Section at Harare Central Police Station. The police demanded to know where the T-shirts were being taken to and who was behind the campaign, constantly accusing the holder of intending to incite violence through the message printed on them.

Vava released . . .
The Zimbabwe National Students' Union (ZINASU) Information Secretary Blessing Vava who was abducted by war veterans was released on Friday the 9th of May. Vava was kidnapped following a tip off raid at the Chinhoyi University of Technology halls of residence. The Zanu Pf hooligans took him to one resettlement farm in Banket where they detained him for more than 24 hours without food. He was tortured, interrogated and forcibly rolled on sand. Vava lost everything in his possession including his cell phone and money to the war veterans.

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