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Mugabe's top aide sentenced to 90 days in jail
17 Mar 2015 at 03:24hrs | Views
Ray Ndhlukula, one of President Robert Mugabe's top aides, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison for defying a court order barring him from evicting Figtree farmer David Connolly from his Centenary Farm.
Ndhlukula defied a provisional order granted last year barring him from evicting Connolly or interfering with his operations at the farm. Ndlukula evicted the farmer and brought his workers, farm machinery and livestock to the farm in direct defiance of the court order.
Connolly approached the court in August last year seeking a contempt of court order against Ndhlukula which was granted on Thursday last week.
In his ruling, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva said it should be noted that contempt of court was a serious infraction in that it struck at the heart of the rule of law and consequently those found liable must be sufficiently punished.
Ndhlukula defied a provisional order granted last year barring him from evicting Connolly or interfering with his operations at the farm. Ndlukula evicted the farmer and brought his workers, farm machinery and livestock to the farm in direct defiance of the court order.
Connolly approached the court in August last year seeking a contempt of court order against Ndhlukula which was granted on Thursday last week.
In his ruling, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva said it should be noted that contempt of court was a serious infraction in that it struck at the heart of the rule of law and consequently those found liable must be sufficiently punished.
Source - Southern Eye
