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High Court Dismisses Jameson Timba, 73 CCC Activists' Bail Appeal

8 months agoWed, 17 Jul 2024 12:44:52 GMT
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High Court Dismisses Jameson Timba, 73 CCC Activists' Bail Appeal

High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has dismissed an appeal filed by 74 opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, including former Member of Parliament Jameson Timba, against the denial of bail by Magistrate Ruth Moyo.

The judge upheld the magistrate’s decision, resulting in the continued detention of the 74 CCC activists.

However, one accused individual, Maxwell Sande, who is below the age of 18 years, was released into the custody of his father, Cecil Sande.

The CCC activists have been in detention since 16 June 2024 when they were arrested at Timba’s house in Avondale, Harare, and charged with holding an unlawful gathering to plan anti-government protests.

In his ruling delivered virtually, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi said:

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In the end, all having been said and done, my conclusion is that there was no misdirection in the court a quo overall assessment of the issues and its finding that the appellants were not proper candidates for admission to bail.

As stated earlier the only appellant for whom the appeal can succeed is Maxwell Sande because of his age.

That I may have determined the matter differently is a non-issue. What is material is that I didn’t find any misdirection in the decision of the magistrates court.

The discretion of the trial magistrate, which as demonstrated, she exercised quite judiciously must stand. It disbars me from interfering with her judgment…

The appeal against the refusal to admit appellants one (1)- forty-two (42) and forty-four (44) to seventy-five (75) to bail by the Magistrates’ Court sitting at Harare on 27 June 2024 be and is hereby dismissed in its entirety.

This is an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates’ Court sitting at Harare refusing all the seventy- four (74) appellants admission to bail. The decision was delivered on 27 June 2024.

The demographics of the appellants are interesting. They were not a random assembly. Instead, they hail from different but clearly defined clusters predominantly the suburbs of Chitungwiza, Epworth and Hatcliffe which account for almost three-quarters of the appellants.

Equally noteworthy is the fact that fifty-seven of the appellants are not formally employed and that over sixty of them are aged below forty years.

They are of the same political persuasion having all admitted their affiliation to a political outfit called the CCC.

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said it will “continue to explore legal options to assert the right to liberty” of the detained opposition activists.

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Anonymous · 8 months ago
TSHONAS VOTED ZANU OVERWHELMINGLY IN 1980. TSHONAS BRAG TO THE NDEBELE PEOPLE THAT THEY RULE US. BUT, THE FUNNY THING IS THAT TSHONAS HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THEIR OWN TSHONA GOVT. IT IS ALWAYS THE TSHONAS WHO ARE ARRESTED BY THEIR ZANU TSHONA GOVT. IT IS EXCLUSIVELY TSHONAS YOU FIND IN CHIKURUBI PRISON. THE MAJORITY OF REFUGEES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE TSHONA. IT IS TSHONAS WHO ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD, RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TSHONA GOVERNMENT THEY VOTED FOR. WHAT KIND OF TINOTONGA IS THIS MTHWAKAZI??
Anonymous · 8 months ago
Interestering fact. The unemployed, from Epworth, Chitungwiza and Hatcliffe, being called to a leafy suburb house to conspire against government. But why are the youth in the suburbs not involved, because they will not be exploited. Ndiko kunonzi kusevenzeswa.
Erudite · 8 months ago
@. Using grade 2 cliches and expecting the Erudite to stop his mighty work is tantamount to trying to catch the deluge using a paper cup..We cannot have a society where crybabies like you have the final say on matters... If you hate the way this country is run so much why don't you just leave our boarders are very porous... Go be an international orphan elsewhere or better yet go and try your luck on one of those migrant boats I hear they are pretty safe and get you to your destination... Zimbabwe is a no terrorist zone and it shall remain that way forever... Erudite out
Anonymous · 8 months ago
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🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
They look beautiful in that attire
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
They're getting all the attention they want.Let the lice enjoy the blood of the foolish.The law will not be applied selectively.That they're opposition figures doesn't make them unique in any way. Consequences of breaking the law are dire. Ngavazipigwe. Chando chese vari mukati. I'd have liked to watch them vari ku Shavarunzi vaka stripper naked vachifembedza magambi nema **** nema pitbull. Ukaenda kuya hauite dzungu rinoitwa nana Zuze iri...... The bottom line is, Zimbabwe ndeyeropa. Ask yourself if you wanna die for a lost cause. Opposition yenyu iyi yakapera kare hameno kuti sei muchiita shungu dzemb0r0 yatunndda kare
Anonymous · 8 months ago
And yet zanu cronies get special treatment. Some have committed high fraud against the state and are walking scot free so please stop talking out your ass, that orifice is only meant for ****.
. · 8 months ago
One day this tragi-comedy is going to end. Kangoma kana koririsa kaakuda kuparuka.
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
You're right. The opposition just died a natural death. Hakusisina opposition right now chero yakamboita ruzha. Kwasara ma noise makers vana Timba nana Thabani Mpofu
. · 8 months ago
Certain trolls on Pindula don't deserve response. Regai mapenzi awawate ega. Ut reminds me of a profound saying by a
. · 8 months ago
"Never argue with an id.iot. They bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience"
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
Facts are stubborn. You hate some illumination because you're lost sheep. Wake up and smell the coffee. Nyika ino inoyera. Hamuitirwe mahumbwe muno.
Erudite · 8 months ago
@ Pipi Let that be very clear, they should never (have planned a nefarious terror attack). It’s unlawful. So if anything becomes of that unlawful deed, it can’t be a problem of the state to explain on what basis, it’s an unlawful deed. You take a risk which is an unlawful step, you live with the consequences and deal with those whatever becomes of it. You can’t expect the police to police illegality and stand and applaud your attempted terrorist act, on what basis? From your little hovel, you stand up to say you are going to celebrate Soweto day in Avondale , Harare, Zimbabwe, as who? Why don’t you win elections and establish your own government where you can do that? You put your squatter camp along Lake Chivero and it’s raised to the ground by your girlfriend or boyfriend, you expect the police to be on standby to protect you?... Erudite out
Pipi · 8 months ago
Chinoratidza kusakwana kwako, panotaurwa zvemari dzirikubiwa haumbonyore such redundant & long paragraphs condemning humbavha, asi ipapa ndopaunobudira zenze uchinyora zvinhu zvisina kukwana, exposing ****ma hwako hwese publicly.
Anonymous · 8 months ago
You are in no position to dictate what people can and can not celebrate. You talk of a terror attack, what attack exactly are you eluding to? A protest is not a terror attack, neither is a gathering of like minded people. You can not talk about freedom of political affiliation when one can not freely participate in the political debate for fear of arrest. On the contrary, the state is the one terrorizing its citizens by arbitrarily impinging on their constitutional rights under the guise of some obscure statutory instrument.
Anonymous · 8 months ago
Munamato izita rinoenderana nekurerutsa anobva avapa bail out kunge vasingazivane ma judge Aya Ivo vese vakaenda Ku chitepo ideology. Dai mhuri yekwachitepo yaramba Zita iri pachikoro APA . Dai vakamupa havo bonds mission zvavakaita Gomo Kuti Sally mugabe
maparamuro · 8 months ago
Chi regime che mbavha nemhondi chinotya vanhu vachinofanira kutungamira. Kusunga vanhu nokuti vanofungirwa kuti vaida kuratidzira kusagutsikana kwavo nehutungamiri hwembavha nemhondi. Kuora kusvika pamapfupa chaipo. Kana vane mhosva sei vasingatongwe vovharirwa pane kuvachengeta vakavharirwa. Mapurisa haafanire kusunga kuti vaite ongororo panyaya dzakadai, vanofanira kusunga vaine humbowo hwemhosva yaparwa kwete kufungira. Zvirikuitwa apa ndiko kunonzi kushungurudza vanhu nechikonzero chekuti vanofunga zvakasiyana nemi. Ndiko kunonzi kuora kwehutungamiri. Hakuna nyika yakambibudirira vagari vayo vakadzvanyirirwa sezviri muZimbabwe
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
Vanhu vanoda kupidigura hurumende ngavagare mumatirongo. Chikafu chenhata nenda. They're bad examples
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
Ngavagaremo. Handiti vakati vanoda kuzviita matsotsi here? No to terrorism!!
maparamuro · 8 months ago
terrorism is what Zanupf is doing to the masses of Zimbabwe
Erudite · 8 months ago
These terrorists are getting their just comeuppance after plotting an illegal regime change...Shame on these would be terrorists for hiding under the veneer of the national youth day a holiday alien to the Zimbabwean calendar...This is the result of doing the bidding of Western Quislings who earn millions from the incarceration of gullible people... 😝😝 look at the countless petitions being started up by d.u.m.b.a$$es trying to free these nefarious rogues.... They are enjoying free five star cuisine meals in the citadel of criminals so no need to complain... Erudite out
Pipi · 8 months ago
Ndosaka urikukunzi hauna kunyatsokwana, zvinhu zvaunomisira zheve nekumhanya kuCommenta Soo... which terrorist ipapa?
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
No to terrorism. Vambonzwa butter
IPhone 17 pro max · 8 months ago
Good thing is one day these pple will be written in the history books and noone will ever know about erudite..
Erudite · 8 months ago
Even Quisling and Benedict Arnold are there in history books despite their treasonous acts...
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
History books evatengesi sana Muzorewa
Cde Tongo · 8 months ago
Ed must be arrested and all his loot forfeited to the state
👀 · 8 months ago
The Dictator is dictating to the courts and only him can decide when to release them.Its pathetic so sad and very inhumane.One day tables will turn, Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
M****. Mutemo unoti kudii
dot.com · 8 months ago
muriwo wevaenzii
fugu pfeee · 8 months ago
picture manyama
Mdara Odza · 8 months ago
I said it in the morning that Munamato Mutevedzi is in Mnangagwa's underwear, he will take orders from him to deny bail
cy cy mazimba · 8 months ago
hazvirambe zvakadaro nyangwe zviome cy muchabuda chete hama dzangu
Boyzone · 8 months ago
jobho akazobuda sei...Pasi rose rikuona ASI mobuda before Sadc meeting guys
hoyo · 8 months ago
chitown epworth and hatcliff ino nanzwa borodaw haya
Izvozvo Tazvihwa Asi Tirikuti · 8 months ago
Vanobuda havo soon after SADC summit, that is if there are no disturbances. Maitwa henyu huku dzechibairo hama dzangu.
...,. · 8 months ago
what is the court afraid of, if the judgement could have been passed immediately? why use the reserved judgement route, tell people that judgement will be passed on Thursday, and pass the judgement on Wednesday?
Zuze · 8 months ago
Ambush strategy. I'm sure they foresaw a heavy public attendance if judgement was to have been made as promised in Thursday. Judiciary working in cahoots with State Intelligence Apparachiks
Inini · 8 months ago
Mumwe Judge wekuBhuruwayo atisiya kuseni kuno. Very sad indeed.
🏋️🕺⛹️ · 8 months ago
amama
Mr JP van · 8 months ago
ingovabudisai havachazvipamhi Kuda kuumba hurumende ysdhaka imwe iripo Paso navi
Zimbo · 8 months ago
Ehe, KumaUrban Areas we support opposition hatisi vekuMaruzevha vanopihwa maReject chicks eIrvine vototengesa nyika. Apa vana Chivhayo vachifuta nemaMillions

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