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WOZA members get bail
08 Aug 2016 at 13:41hrs | Views
TEN Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) members who were arrested on Saturday and charged with criminal nuisance have been freed on bail.
They were arrested at Queens Sports Club and accused of blocking an entrance to the sports ground during the Zimbabwe and New Zealand cricket match.
The include Jenni Williams, Loveness Ndlovu, Violet Nxumalo, Emnaculate Sibanda, Elma Nyathi, Phephelaphi Aruchupetu, Violet Dube, Silibaziso Mpofu, Hlalani Ncube and Nokuthaba Ndlovu.
The group is represented by Mehluli Dube, Solomon Mguni and Lizwe Jamela of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.
They are back in court on Wednesday.
Police officers claimed that the WOZA members created a nuisance at Queens Sports Club, a charge which they all deny in their warned and cautioned statements which were recorded on Sunday 07 August 2016.
Meanwhile, police in Bulawayo on Saturday released without preferring charges against Samuel Meso, Kudzai Hove, Gift Ostallos Siziba and Rodwell Nyika, who were picked up and quizzed for allegedly wearing graduation gowns during the Zimbabwe-New Zealand cricket match at Queens Sports Club.
They were arrested at Queens Sports Club and accused of blocking an entrance to the sports ground during the Zimbabwe and New Zealand cricket match.
The include Jenni Williams, Loveness Ndlovu, Violet Nxumalo, Emnaculate Sibanda, Elma Nyathi, Phephelaphi Aruchupetu, Violet Dube, Silibaziso Mpofu, Hlalani Ncube and Nokuthaba Ndlovu.
They are back in court on Wednesday.
Police officers claimed that the WOZA members created a nuisance at Queens Sports Club, a charge which they all deny in their warned and cautioned statements which were recorded on Sunday 07 August 2016.
Meanwhile, police in Bulawayo on Saturday released without preferring charges against Samuel Meso, Kudzai Hove, Gift Ostallos Siziba and Rodwell Nyika, who were picked up and quizzed for allegedly wearing graduation gowns during the Zimbabwe-New Zealand cricket match at Queens Sports Club.
Source - Byo24News
