2. Charge of section 31(a)(iii) of Criminal Code arises from an alleged tweet concerning the incident involving a mother, child & ZRP officer that occurred a few days ago. Updates will be provided in due course. Harrison Nkomo a member of @ZLHRLawyers is representing @daddyhope
3. @daddyhope has signed a warned and cautioned statement. He is likely to appear at Rottenrow court during the morning hours on 9 January 2021.
Meanwhile, he will spend the night in custody at Harare Central.
We have won a landmark ruling on behalf of Hon. @Katazamhondoro & @wateralliancez in which govt has been ordered to publish terms & conditions of all loans & guarantees it concluded with or in favour of African Export-Import Bank or any other 3rd party financiers.
In his ruling, High Court Judge Justice Zhou said this should be published in an Extraordinary Govt Gazette by 30 January 2021 showing loans & guarantees borrowed or transacted between 2017 to Nov 2020.
Justice Zhou ruled that govt's failure to publish terms of loans&guarantees it concluded with Africa Export Import Bank or other financiers from 2017 to date within 60 days of their conclusion is a violation of Section 300(3) of Constitution&Section 18(2) of Public Debt Mgt Act
In court today, our lawyers reported complaints against Zim Prisons & Correctional Service that prison guards manhandled freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono & brought him to appear before Magistrate Nduna against the advice of his medical practitioner.
The doctor informed prison guards that he should be kept in self-isolation after his health severely deteriorated. His lawyers told Magistrate Nduna that ZPCS officials forcibly brought the frail looking freelance journalist to court against recommendations by his private doctor
The doctor who examined him on Monday advised prison authorities at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison to put him in self isolation. The doctor recommended that given his condition&the symptoms that he was showing he should not go to court but should be isolated from other inmates
Hearing of Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala's application challenging refusal of remand underway in Court 11.
Sikhala's lawyers tell Magistrate Lanzini Ncube that Job is being ill-prepared in prison with Officer In Charge of Chikurubi Maximum Prison telling Job that he "shall die in prison." Sikhala is spending the entire day handcuffed while in prison and also with leg irons.
Lawyers fear for Sikhala's health & wellbeing as Sikhala says he heard from inmates that people had died in Chikurubi&4 inmtes contracted coronavirus on the day he was detained in D class section of Chikurubi. Lawyers say Sikhala has not been provided with PPE while in prison.
Prosecutor Mabhaudhi makes an application asking magistrate Nduna not to give Beatrice Mtetwa audience in the case of Hopewell Chin'ono. Mabhaudhi says Beatrice is posting comments on the Facebook page, Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law.
2. This application is now being heard in open court. The testimony of Hopewell in camera is yet to commence. Co-counsel Gift Mtisi now giving evidence on developments on the application by the Prosecutor.
3. Beatrice Mtetwa advises that she is not on Facebook & has no social media accounts. Advises court that the page is run by a Boston based film maker, Lorie Conway. Advises court that prosecutor is misleading the court.
In Kariba 22 year old Rujeko Hither Mpambwa has been arrested for allegedly insulting President Mnangagwa by posting a message on WhatsApp group criticising him for lacking patriotism over his televised address to the nation. Mpambwa appeared at Kariba Magistrates court Thursday
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Mpambwa returns to court Friday, where a Magistrate will hand down a ruling on her bail application.
Our anti-impunity litigation aimed at deterring police brutality & heavy-handedness continue to yield positive results as govt& @PoliceZimbabwe are paying dearly for some misdemeanors with Justice Mushore ordering them to pay US$16 788 to Loveness Chiriseri a Chitungwiza resident
Chiriseri, who was a passenger in a private vehicle intending to commute to Harare from Chitungwiza, was a victim of an indiscriminate police shooting incident in August 2018 at a police check point along Seke road.
With the assistance of Fiona Iliff of @ZLHRLawyers, Chiriseri sued for damages for injuries sustained as a result of the shooting, medical expenses, pain & suffering, nervous shock & loss of amenities to life.