tion 140 –
malicious damage to property and section 143 (b) – ‘
the crime of malicious damage to property or
negligently causing serious damage to property is
committed against property that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the State, a statutory corporation or a
local authority.’ These charges are as a result of
recent calls to choose love over hate that have
appeared on roads in the western suburbs of Bulawayo.
There is no evidence whatsoever to link any of the
three arrested with the road markings however.
The two other members arrested, Rosemary Siziba and
Sitshiyiwe Ngwenya, were picked up from their homes
late last night and taken to Donnington Police
Station, where they were held until lunch today.
Rosemary Siziba was with her one and a half year old
daughter.
None of the members were physically harmed but Law and
Order officers Ngwenya, Mathonsi and Mutyayambidzi
threatened Mahlangu with death whilst still in
Bulawayo Central Police Station; telling her that she
would meet the same fate as her dog, Snowy, which was
battered to death by police officers during a raid on
Mahlangu’s home in recent weeks.
In the last week, police have raided and searched the
homes of two other members looking for paint, although
they did not find any in either home.
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