The ZCTU’s application to the High Court comes after a Harare Magistrate, Olivia Mariga had on Monday 12 May 2008 refused to grant, Mr Lovemore Matombo, ZCTU President and Mr Wellington Chibebe, ZCTU Secretary General, bail claiming that they were not suitable for bail. She had remanded them to May 23, 2008.
The ZCTU leaders were charged with inciting people to rise against the government and falsehoods after they told workers gathered at Dzivaresekwa Stadium on May 1, 2008 that people were being killed during the current wave of political violence in the country.
The two ZCTU leaders were arrested after they presented themselves to the police on Thursday 8 May 2008 where they were initially interrogated for more than six hours before charges were laid against them. They had availed themselves to the police after armed police had visited their residences searching for them.
The leaders are current being held at Harare Remand Prison.Â
Last Tarabuku
Acting Information Officer
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
P.O Box 3549
Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone 263-4-794702/794742
Cell 263 11 620 231
Fax 263-4- 728484
E-mail info@zctu.co.zw
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