Mutare-based NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani has been
summoned for the second time to appear at Mutare Magistrates’ Courts on
December 18, 2018 ,facing charges of criminal nuisance.
Nyangani was handed the summons on Friday at Mutare Central
Police Station Law and Order Section. Last year, Mutare magistrate Sekai
Chiundura ruled that the State would proceed by way of summons after it had
failed to provide a trial date five times.
Then, the State had claimed it was still conducting
investigations. Nyangani was arrested over a story published in October last
year, alleging former First Lady Grace Mugabe had donated used underwear to
Zanu PF supporters in the Dangamvura/Chikanga constituency through former local
MP Esau Mupfumi.
Nyangani’s lawyer, Passmore Nyakureba, from the Zimbabwe
Lawyers for Human Rights, had argued that his client had laboured under the
reporting conditions, which were infringing on his right to personal liberty.
Then, the accused was reporting once a week at Mutare Central Police Station.
Nyakureba will represent Nyangani when the case resumes
next month. Newsday
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