HARARE - The mayor of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, Jacob Mafume, was denied bail on Thursday in a case that has triggered fresh accusations of harassment of the country's opposition.He was arrested on Monday for alleged witness tampering in another case involving abuse of office for which he was already out on bail.Mafume, elected in September, is a prominent member of the Movement for Democratic Change , which accused the ruling ZANU-PF party of harassment.
"The sabre-rattling ZANU-PF regime is arresting our councillors in order to cow them into submission," it said on Monday.Harare Mayor suspended again Mafume had been arrested on November 25 on allegations of having allocated residential land to his sister and a colleague. It was while he was on bail on this charge, according to prosecutors, that he tried to interfere with a witness, Edgar Dzehonye, a municipal housing manager.But prosecutors said Mafume had been communicating with Dzehonye and planned to bribe him with the equivalent of $1,500."There were existing bail conditions for him including not to interfere with witnesses," Nduna said.
"It is therefore clear that this cannot be cured by any other condition but imprisonment is the only remedy and the accused is therefore accordingly denied bail."
How does this concern us as South Africans? Zimbabwe is not a South African province. Nisijwayela kabi nini..
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