Zimbabwe: Mawarire's Bid for Freedom Flops

AN attempt by political activist Evan Mawarire to be cleared on charges of trying to remove President Robert Mugabe from power by force hit a brick wall after the courts court ruled that it was too early for him to complain.

Mawarire had applied to be removed from remand through his lawyers Harrison Nkomo and Jeremiah Bamu, arguing that State was taking too long to give him a trial date.

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