The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and a former prisoner, Taurai Mbewe have lodged a High Court application seeking to compel Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to release funding for more prison facilities.
The development is meant to avert a potential health disaster due to overcrowding within the country's correctional facilities.
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