Dangarembga, Barnes vindicated as high court overturns malicious conviction for anti-govt protest

THE High Court on Monday 8 May 2023 overturned the malicious conviction of award winning and renowned novelist, filmmaker and cultural activist Tsitsi Dangarembga and Julie Barnes, a pro-democracy campaigner, who had been found guilty and penalised by Harare Magistrate Barbra Mateko, for allegedly staging an anti-government protest three years ago.