BREAKING NEWS- ZRP Cops Slapped By Magistrate, Ordered to Release 200km Teachers
19 August 2016
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ZRP cops seeking to imprison teachers from the Rural Teachers Union who are marching to Harare from Uzumba, failed their plot at court today despite the continued  state harassment which led to 5 teachers being arrested yesterday (Thursday).
The five teachers (part of a 16 member delegation) who are on a 10-day 200km protest march to Harare from Uzumba to raise awareness to President Robert Mugabe on urgent issues in the education sector, were arrested at Mrehwa yesterday.

The police changed their charge description from contravention of section 37 of the Criminal Codification Act, shifting it to section 45 of the Criminal Codification Act.
The incarceration was the third in a series of attacks from both the CIO and the police.
The five slept in cells last night only to be released for court today, Friday. Their court case which was not heard until after 5pm, saw all of them being released with only one, Obert Masaraure being remanded out of custody. The RTUZ President, Masaraure was granted $50 bail and told to reside at his house in Wedza.
The police were ordered to release the others and to proceed any future action only by way of summons. The others are Secretary General Robson Chere, National Coordinator Blessing Makunike, Programmes officer Pride Mkono, Spokesperson Robson Ruhanya and the Board Secretary Lynnete Mudehwe, the latter who had just joined in the protest yesterday.
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