4 persons land in Zimbabwe court for booing Grace Mugabe

Four Zimbabwe citizens appeared in court today on charges of undermining the president’s authority after they were reportedly seen booing First Lady Grace Mugabe at a rally.

The quartet were arrested after a rally in Bulawayo, where Mrs Mugabe spoke last Saturday and it is not clear how they pleaded while they were paraded in court.

Reports say the booing came amid a bitter battle between rival factions to succeed President Robert Mugabe, aged 93.

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Mrs Mugabe leads one faction, while former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa led the other. He was sacked two days after the heckling and has since fled to neighbouring South Africa.

Meanwhile, Temporary reprieve has come the way of Martha O‘Donovan, a US citizen who works for Magamba TV after a high court granted her $1,000 bail over charges of subversion and insulting President Robert Mugabe on social media platform, Twitter.

The American journalist according to reports was granted bail in her absence on the basis that the state failed to exhibit the contents of the alleged tweets- an outcome which pleased her lawyer Obey Shava of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, a legal NGO.

 

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