Uhuru for last batch of incarcerated Beitbridge residents

The four Beitbridge residents Tawanda Mukamwe, Donald Mukupe, Mike Nyamhanga and Alois Jinga were part of the 29 residents arrested in the border town early this month and charged with committing public violence in contravention of Section 36 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23].
Prosecutors claimed that the four residents were part of a group of people who staged a protest at Beitbridge border post through barricading roads, vandalising traffic control lights, looting clothes, blankets, television sets and set ablaze a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority warehouse.
Magistrate Takundwa had initially denied the four residents bail on the basis that they were facing a serious offence which would influence them to abscond and that investigations were still pending among other reasons.
However, on Monday 25 July 2016, Magistrate Takundwa granted the four residents $50 bail and ordered them to report to Zimbabwe Republic Police station once a week and not to interfere with witnesses among other conditions.
The four residents, who were represented by Reason Mutimba and Patrick Tererai of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), become the last batch to be set free after High Court Judge Justice Maxwell Takuva last week granted $50 bail to 25 other dwellers of Beitbridge, who had languished in remand prison after Magistrate Takundwa had initially vetoed their freedom bid.
NB: ZLHR is grateful to individuals and partners who responded to mobilising financial resources for the payment of bail money for all the incarcerated Beitbridge residents and please feel free to contact ZLHR for any queries related to sourcing of bail resources.