Zimbabwe: Duo Tormented Over Mugabe 'Old Age' Comments

14 October 2017

HARARE Magistrate Josephine Sande on Thursday 12 October 2017 ended the detention of two Zimbabweans who were arrested early this week for allegedly passing some comments over President Robert Mugabe's advanced age, which were deemed unpalatable and insulting by some authorities.

Magistrate Sande on Thursday 12 October 2017 granted $200 bail to Sten Zvorwadza, a prodemocracy campaigner and the leader of the National Vendors Union Zimbabwe (NAVUZ), who was arrested on Tuesday 10 October 2017 and charged with undermining authority or insulting President Mugabe as defined in Section 33 (2) (a) (ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.

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