the police want to charge
Nkomo with defeating the
course of justice under
Section 184 subsection 1
paragraph A of the Criminal
Law
( Codification
and Reform) Act. The police
officers from the law and order
section reportedly visited
Nkomo’s offices in Harare
looking for the lawyer who
was reported to be out of town
§

Beaten /Assaulted

Victim/concerned party

Issue

Sydney Saize, freelance journalist Assaulted by unknown
assailants in the eastern border
town of Mutare after being
accused of being a sellout. The
incident occurred after his
assailants had given him what
was supposed to have been an
innocent lift home. The four
assailants were driving in an
unmarked Nissan double cab
vehicle. He sustained a swollen
lip following the assault.
The Zimbabwean on Sunday.
Unknown assailants waylaid
and set ablaze a truck-load of
60 000 copies of the weekly
and assaulted its driver
Christmas Ramabulana, a
South African citizen and
distribution assistant
Tapfumaneyi Kancheta.
Tafadzwa Sikwila, Power Fm Disc Tafadzwa Sikwila, also known
Jockey
as DJ Squila, sustained head
injuries after being assaulted by
four alleged soldiers. The men
accused Sikwila of wearing
army replica pants without
authorisation.
Makomborero Mutimukulu,
Mutimukulu was assaulted by
Sunday Mail Sports Reporter
three bouncers soon after the
match between Dynamos FC
and Gunners FC who accused
him of ‘writing nonsense’.

Date
16 May 2008

23 May 2008

30 October 2008

30 October 2008.

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