16 students released, four still in detention

by Staff Writer
07 March 2007

According to a newsletter from the Zimbabwe National Students Union the 20 students who were arrested in Bulawayo on Tuesday were subjected to assaults by the police. 16 students were released Wednesday while 4 are still detained at Hillside police station.

ZINASU Secretary General Beloved Chiweshe, Trust Nhubu, Lawrence Mashungu and Simbarashe Mukusha are still in custody. This brings the number of arrested students in the month of March to 23.

ZINASU says the class boycotts are spreading to other parts of the country. The union says reports from Masvingo, where the union Vice President Gideon Chitanga is spearheading the process, reveal that all the colleges, with the exception of Bondolfi Teachers College , were deserted. ZINASU president Promise Mkwananzi has vowed to continue with the class boycotts despite the arrest and victimisation of students by the police.