SW Radio Africa news - The Independent Voice of Zimbabwe
Seven MDC-T activists, still facing charges of murdering a policeman in Glen View in 2011, will return to court in two weeks, with three of the activists still locked up. 29 activists were originally arrested after the death of Inspector Petros Mutedza at a bar in the high density suburb two years ago. Most of the group spent more than a year in prison, with the case slowly dragging on. This is despite a significant lack of evidence to implicate the group. Last month, 21 of the arrested group were acquitted after the High Court ruled that none of the evidence put forward by the State implicated them on the murder charge. But seven of the accused will return to court on November 25th after Justice Chinembiri Bhunu ruled that they had a case to answer. These are Tungamirai Madzokere, Yvonne Musarurwa, Last Maengahama, Lazarus Maengahama, Edwin Muingiri, Phineas Nhatarikwa, and Paul Rukanda. Rebecca Mafukeni, one of the activists, died last month while still detained at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison following several unsuccessful bail attempts. Last Maengahama, Madzokere, and Musarurwa remain detained at Chikurubi.