Details on Shadreck Mufute’s Arrest
From a blog called This is Zimbabwe (which looks like a very good source of information on pro-democratic organizations in Zimbabwe):
On an as yet unconfirmed date one Shadreck Mufute, a ZEC elections officer who was stationed at Ward 25 in Mutasa South was arrested in Mutare and charged with fraud under section 136(a) of the Criminal Code, alternatively contravening section 87 of the Electoral Act, as amended in that he allegedly willfully failed to perform his public duty. His warned and cautioned statement was recorded on 7 April 2008 but had not been finalized due to lack of power (ZESA) at the police station. He appeared in the Mutare Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 8 April 2008 where he was represented by a ZLHR lawyer. The lawyer and the prosecutor initially agreed on bail, but in court the prosecutor opposed bail, advising the ZLHR lawyer that he had instructions to vehemently oppose bail due to the political sensitivity of the matter. Mufute was remanded in custody pending the handing down of the magistrates’ ruling today.




[…] Coincidentally, a ‘This is Zimbabwe’ reader has an image in his Flickr photostream of Shadreck Mufute. If this is indeed him, then here is a face to a name for one of the people you’ve all been thinking of. (Another image here). […]