JOHANNESBURG The five Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) officials who were arrested in Victoria Falls Sunday were by Monday afternoon still behind bars, with no charges having been officially laid against them. According to the ZCTU, indications were that union President Lovemore Matombo and other congress officials Michael Kandukutu, Percy Mcijo, Dumisani Ncube and Nawu Ndlovu would be charged with contravening a section of the draconian Public Order and Security Act – POSA for holding a meeting without notifying the police.
They are likely to spend the night behind bars again and appear in court tomorrow, said ZCTU information officer, Khumbulani Ndlovu Monday.
Ndlovu added that the about 15 other ZCTU activists who were arrested in December 2008 during a peaceful demonstration against cash shortages have been summoned to appear in court Tuesday, after having been issued with summons Monday morning.
However, according to law the summons are supposed to be issued 14 days before appearance in court but they were only served with the summons today late morning, added Ndlovu. It would seem that cases against ZCTU that were considered closed are being revived as also the case that the ZCTU leadership and some staffers were being accused of misappropriating foreign currency is set for court on 23 November 2009. The case had been thrown out for lack of evidence but the matter is now being revived.
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