7 MDC-T supporters; Wonderful Marange (46), Taurai Mugaga (30), Clifford Mulingwa (31), Mtulisi Nhoko (37), Ndaba Mangena (22), Faith Chuma (24) and a 17-year-old girl appeared before Gweru magistrate Ms Phathekile Msipa for participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence. They were not asked to plead and were remanded to August 27.
Six of the supporters were remanded out of custody on $100 bail each while the teenage girl was released into the custody of her mother. The 7 were part of a group that was demonstrating against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and Zanu-PF on July 22.
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