Mudenge funeral delays Glen View murder trial

Posted by on Monday, October 8, 2012 in MDC-T, Zimbabwe politics | 3 comments

Zimbabwe’s former Minister for Higher Education and veteran ZANU PF politician, Stan Mudenge

By Alex Bell
08 October 2012

The ongoing trial of 29 MDC-T members accused of murder has been postponed to Wednesday, after the Judge and state prosecutor both excused themselves to attend the funeral of the late Higher Education Minister Stan Mudenge.

Mudenge was buried at Heroes Acre on Monday, in a ceremony officiated by Robert Mugabe. Mudenge died last week Friday after collapsing in a Masvingo hotel. It is understood the 71 year old ZANU PF official died of heart failure.

Meanwhile the 29 activists, including MDC-T Youth leader Solomon Madzore, remain detained over the murder of Glen View policeman Petros Mutedza last May. The trial has dragged on with little evidence to implicate the 29 in Mutedza’s death at a local bar.

MDC-T Youth Assembly spokesperson Clifford Hlatshwayo told SW Radio Africa that there is still no word about the group’s pending bail ruling, after Judge Chinembiri Bhunu indefinitely reserved judgment on their release. The fresh bail application was launched last month with new evidence to show the 29 had nothing to do with Mutedza’s murder.

Their trial will now continue on Wednesday.

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  • Yepec

    Come Wednesday, 10th October 2012, the State will have another excuse for not carrying on with the trial, let alone their bail ruling. Zimbabweans can see the game Zanu is playing all along. The activists are under detention though a state of Emergency has not been declared. There goes the Lancaster House Constitution with its Executive President.

  • Anonymous

    Come rain come thunderstorm, Mugabe will never stop his prayer of violence . He is thinking that people are going to vote for him through fear yet the majority of the country are fed up with his tactics. ZANU yakaora kare kare.

  • super mondo

    what is so obvious about these judges and prosecutors is they think they are going to get away with politically biased conduct.they will have to pay for their conduct.mdc must build more jails and make sure they are smelly and dirty,and cold at night.they have a lot of criminals to house.