High Court to rule on demos ban today

High Court Judge President Justice George Chiweshe is today expected to deliver judgment in the two urgent chamber applications filed by opposition parties and residents' associations seeking to set aside a police ban on marches and demonstrations in Harare's central business district.

The judge was supposed to deliver judgment yesterday, but his registrar advised the parties concerned that the matter would be dealt with today.

The two matters were filed by the Zimbabwe Divine Destiny, Democratic Assembly for Restoration and Empowerment, National Electoral Reform Agenda, Combined Harare Residents' Association and activist Sten Zvorwadza.

The parties presented their arguments through their lawyers Advocate Fadzai Mahere of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Tendai Biti and Dzimbabwe Chimbga.