The State has dropped subversion charges against Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa and firebrand pro-democracy campaigner Evan Mawaire before plea.
The two were facing charges of plotting to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration through organising the violent January anti-government protests which elicited an angry State reaction leading to the killing of 17 civilians by security forces.
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