After spending nine months in prison, outspoken MDC-Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was eventually granted a $10 000 bail by Justice Cathrine Mzawazi of the Harare High Court on Wednesday the 29th of December 2021.
In an earlier case this year, in April, Makomborero Haruzivishe was convicted and sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inciting public violence and resisting arrest. Fast forward to July, he secured bail pending appeal in that matter, but the earlier bail revocation in the Impala Car Rental case, which is still pending, kept him locked up behind bars.
Activists like him and half a dozen others (i.e., Allan Moyo, Denford Ngadziore, Stanley Manyenga, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova) have been accused of staging a demonstration outside Impala Car Rental offices after one of its vehicles was used in the abduction and torture of student activist Tawanda Muchehiwa. The prosecution alleges Makomborero Haruzivishe chain-locked the main door from the outside thus the kidnapping charge was brought forward against him.
In an earlier case this year, in April, Makomborero Haruzivishe was convicted and sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inciting public violence and resisting arrest. Fast forward to July, he secured bail pending appeal in that matter, but the earlier bail revocation in the Impala Car Rental case, which is still pending, kept him locked up behind bars.
Activists like him and half a dozen others (i.e., Allan Moyo, Denford Ngadziore, Stanley Manyenga, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova) have been accused of staging a demonstration outside Impala Car Rental offices after one of its vehicles was used in the abduction and torture of student activist Tawanda Muchehiwa. The prosecution alleges Makomborero Haruzivishe chain-locked the main door from the outside thus the kidnapping charge was brought forward against him.
