Tajamuka/Sesjikile Campaign spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi, Mehluli Dube and deputy political commissar of Viva Zimbabwe Kudakwashe Manjonjo were yesterday acquitted of criminal nuisance charges by Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta. The trio was arrested after protesting against the introduction of bond notes last year.
In her ruling Sabarauta said that the State witnesses failed to prove that the trio committed the offences as had been alleged. She further ruled that the State had failed to bring evidence of the T-shirts and placards to prove that the trio engaged in street protests. The trio’s lawyer Obey Shava, argued his clients were arrested due to the State’s ignorance of the country’s Constitution which entitles every Zimbabwean the right to demonstrate with a view to influence or change policies.
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