Gushungo Dairy treason trial: Soldiers further remanded

Two members of the Zimbabwe National Army, who are being charged with treason following a foiled bombing at Gushungo Dairy in Mazowe early this year, were yesterday further remanded to May 23 after defence lawyers applied for a longer remand citing State's unpreparedness for trial.

Borman Ngwenya and Solomon Makumbe's lawyer made the application after the Prosecutor-General's (PG) Office failed to furnish the corporals with a trial date.

Ngwenya (30) and Makumbe (29) are alleged to have connived with an opposition activist and an ex-army officer to bomb the First Family's Alpha and Omega Dairies.

The opposition activist and the ex-army officer were initially charged together with Zimbabwe People's Front leader Owen Kuchata (34) and Silas-PFupa (37).