Judge put Smith’s law on test

Judge Moses Chinhengo, who was presiding over Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s case, decided to refer the legality of the Law and Order Maintenance Act to the Supreme Court rather than focus on the charges that Tsvangirai was facing.

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Mugabe used Smith’s law against MDC

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe was in a state of “terminal paralysis” with the government using an unconstitutional law, the Law and Order Maintenance Act that was introduced by Ian Smith against African nationalists, to harass the MDC leadership.

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Tsvangirai aides freed

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s four aides who were arrested shortly after the national referendum were today released on $500 bail each. Thabani Mpofu, Warship Dumba, Felix Matsinde and Mehluli Tshuma…