Refugee Seven:
The Refugee Seven appeared on 6th January 2010. They were due to hear the magistrate’s ruling on whether they could be removed off remand whilst their case is being heard before the Supreme Court. The ruling was not ready however and so the group was further remanded to 12th January. On the 12th, [...]

WOZA leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu appeared again in the Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Phathekile Msipa on 15 December to hear whether their application for a removal off remand would be considered.
Magistrate Msipa allowed defense lawyer, Kossam Ncube, to apply for the pair to be removed off remand. The state represented by police [...]

Update on both cases - Monday 14th December:
In the case of Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, the file was still not available. Magistrate Mkhonto still refused to entertain any application to have the pair refused off remand, citing her need to have the file before her before she makes any decision on the case. The [...]

The seven members arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday 17th June appeared again in Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court  today. The case had been postponed from 19th October in order for the magistrate to give her ruling on the defence’s application for them to be removed off remand. Despite the state still not being ready, the magistrate refused [...]

SEVEN members arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday 17th June appeared on remand in Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court  today. They had been due to appear on 7th October but had been further remanded as one of the accused was seriously ill at the time and could not appear earlier in the month.  As the state was still [...]

WOZA leaders. Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, appeared in Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court again this morning after their case was postponed from yesterday. They were once again remanded out of custody to 7 December 2009. Attempts by defence lawyer, Kossam Ncube to have the pair removed off remand were unsuccessful as the prosecutor stated that the [...]

WOZA leaders, Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, were due to appear in Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court this morning for the ongoing saga of their arrest on 16 October 2008. The matter has been postponed until tomorrow, 15 October, however as the clerk of the court who is holding their file was not available. Their file is [...]

SEVEN members arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday 17th June appeared on remand in Bulawayo Magistrate’s Court on 10 September. They had been remanded out of custody but were reporting to their closest police station every Friday. Defense lawyer, Kossam Ncube, successfully applied for their reporting conditions to be relaxed. They will reappear in court on [...]

Magistrate Majonga ruled today that the police do have a case to answer for the assaults on the four WOZA members arrested following a peaceful demonstration on 18th June. All four women were viciously beaten by police officers upon arrest. She has postponed the case to Monday 13th July so that the police can prepare [...]

The four members arrested in Harare on 18th June appeared in Harare Magistrate’s Court again this morning. Magistrate Majonga had postponed the matter from Friday 3rd July in order for the state to explain why the four defendants had been assaulted in police custody and why they had been denied medical treatment. On arrival at [...]