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NANGO leaders granted bail
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
October 27, 2009

A Victoria Falls Magistrate Richard Ramaboea on Tuesday 27 October 2009 freed on bail the National Association of Non Governmental Organisations (NANGO) Chairperson Dadirai Chikwengo and Chief Executive Officer Cephas Zinhumwe who had been in detention since their arrest on Sunday 25 October 2009.

The two NANGO leaders were represented in court by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) regional manager for Matabeleland Satellite Office Kucaca Phulu, projects lawyer Matshobana Ncube, and ZLHR member Gugulethu Mahlangu of Dube and Company Legal Practitioners. The duo appeared in court on Tuesday morning and was remanded out of custody on US$100 bail each.

Chikwengo and Zinhumwe, who were charged with contravening Section 25(1)(b) of the Public Order and Security Act for allegedly failing to notify the regulating authority of an intention to hold a "public political gathering", will appear in court again on 25 November 2009. Their lawyers gave formal notice to the court that they intend to challenge the placement of their clients on remand on that date.

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