News updateAfter an initial argument by the state that they should be denied bail, the women were released on bail of USD 10 each and remanded out of custody to 2nd July. Their defence lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, applied for, and was granted, an order for the police to explain the injuries that all four women sustained. They are currently receiving medical attention.
In Bulawayo, the seven members that have spent the last two nights in police custody appeared in Bulawayo Magistrate’s this morning. The state, through the investigating officer, Moyo, has spent all morning arguing that they should be denied bail until Jenni Williams’ arrest has been secured. The state is arguing that Williams should be charged as an organiser because of remarks that she made at a public meeting last week that WOZA would roll out peaceful protests until all Zimbabweans receive social justice. The magistrate is due to give her ruling on the bail application this afternoon.