NCA says 12 activists arrested during Marondera workshop

By Lance Guma
06 July 2007

The National Constitutional Assembly has issued a statement saying 12 of its activists were arrested in Marondera on Thursday during a grassroots gender workshop. All were said to be detained at Marondera Police station. NCA field officer Dasly Kagwambo and 11 others were at the centre of the latest police crackdown. At the time of broadcast Newsreel had been unable to verify if the activists had been released or not.

In another incident Alois Dzvairo who is the NCA National Youth Chairperson was arrested in Gweru, again on Thursday before being released Friday. The NCA says no charges were placed on him but that he was severely assaulted. On Friday the pressure group says Elisha Makuyana, the NCA Regional Chairperson for Manicaland, was allegedly abducted by unknown people, suspected to be state security agents.