A Harare magistrate has further remanded three University of Zimbabwe
students to 23 April 2009. The three Vitalis Mudzonga, Tawanda Katsuro
and Justice Chikanya appeared before the magistrate on routine remand
hearing this morning. The magistrate also altered their bail conditions
by deleting reporting conditions. Since 09 February they were reporting
at Harare Central Police station every Friday.
The three were part of a group of eighty students who were arrested on
05 February at the University of Zimbabwe when students demonstrated
against a new fees structure that was announced by the University
authorities. The demonstration was part of the National Campaign
against Dollarisation of Education in Zimbabwe (NACADEZ).After a
screening process at Avondale police station the three were transferred
to Harare Central Police station for further interrogation. The
University of Zimbabwe is set to open on 30 March following its closure
on February 06 after the demonstration.
Meanwhile, former University of Zimbabwe student leader and
spokesperson of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Madock
Chivasa, Farirai Mageza, Simbai Chivasa, Hillary Zhou and two others
are set to appear before a Bikita magistrate on charges of public
violence which arose during the March Harmonized Election. The six were
arrested on the eve of the 29 March harmonized election when they were
concluding the G o Vote Campaign at Chaduka business center in Bikita.