Relative Of Shooting Victim Takes Mnangagwa To Court, Challenges Appointment of Motlanthe Commission

Alison Charles, whose brother Gavin Dean Charles died after being gunned down on August 1, has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court. Charles is challenging the legality of the seven-member commission led by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to look into the August 1 violence which resulted in the deaths of at least 7 people after soldiers used live bullets to quell a protest by opposition supporters. Charles is arguing that the Commission is compromised as some of the members are biased. Part of Charles’ court papers read,

I respectfully contend that the decision by the first respondent (Mnangagwa) to appoint a commission of inquiry is reviewable on the basis that it is grossly unreasonable on at least two separate grounds and or interlinking bases…It is submitted that the decision of the first respondent is unlawful in that; it violates the principle of legality and/or it is irrational.

…Alternatively, the first respondent’s decision in appointing the following commissioners to be and is hereby set aside; (1) Professor Charity Manyeruke (2) Professor Lovemore Madhuku.

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• Veritas Is Incorrect, Misleading And Unbalanced, Mnangagwa’s Appointment Of Commission Of Inquiry Legal – Justice Perm Sec

• She Is Qualified Despite Zanu-PF Links: Mangwana Defends Inclusion Of Charity Manyeruke In Motlanthe Commission

• Full Text: Crisis in Zim Expresses Reservations On The Commission of Inquiry To Look Into August 1, Violence And Shootings

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