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15 May 2008
Zimbabwe National Students Union Secretary for Information and Publicity Blessing Vava was found on Saturday afternoon in Banket, Mashonaland West Province.
He was kidnapped by suspected war veterans after addressing students at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) last Wednesday.
According to Vava he was picked by war veterans at Chinhoyi University and was taken to a place outside Chinhoyi town were he was interrogated about ZINASU activities.
He was tortured while his face was covered. He was then bundled into a car and dumped in Banket were he seeks assistance of villagers. During his entire ordeal he did not eat anything and his health deteriorated significantly.
Meanwhile,police in Chinhoyi failed to raise substantive charges against detained Chinhoyi University of Technology students on Friday afternoon.
Faith Mutepfa, Lothando Sibanda, and Privillege Matizanadzo who briefly appeared in Chinhoyi magistrate court had their charges thrown out by court.
The court released the three and ordered the police to proceed if they gather enough evidence to press charges. The charges were not warranting prosecution. The three were arrested during a student demonstration last Wednesday on cumpus. Students were demand an end to the post election violence that is rocking the country.
In Masvingo,Courage Ngwarai the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) secretary for legal and academic affairs and Hillary Matanga, a student at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) were released late on Saturday afternoon after paying admission of guilt fines.
Their charge was ”Disorderly conduct in a public place as defined in section 41.b of the criminal law (Codification and Reform )Act chapter 9.23 …….. Wantonly engages in a riotous conduct.” Ngwarai was arrested on 08 May at the university. This follows a student demonstration demanding that GZU authorities stop evicting him from the college. A lot of students were injured during the clash with armed riot police.
The Zimbabwe National students Union Vice President Brilliant Dube has condemned the victimization of students especially female students .She said the arrests were a ploy to stop female students from participating in academic struggles. She also urged the Harare administration to stop the violence that has characterized the post election period. -ZINASU
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