NGO Condemns Persecution Of Human Rights Activist Ephraim Mtombeni
30 June 2020
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Farai Dziva|MACRAD Trust Director, Ephraim Mtombeni is being persecuted for opposing government’s move to evict Chiredzi from their ancestral land, the NGO has said.

Mtombeni is being accused “undermining the authority of the President.”

He has been remanded in custody to July 13 by Magistrate Ndlovu.

See the MACRAD Trust statement below:

Our Director
@EMutombeni
has just been remanded in custody to 13 July 2020.

He is being accused of contravening Section 33 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act clearly these are trumped up charges.

@EMutombeni
was arrested during the weekend after subsequent days of being trailed by unknown individuals .

He has been a vocal critic around Landrights in Masvingo and most recently has been campaigning against the impending forced eviction of the Shangaan
people in Chiredzi (Chilonga and Masivamele) to pave way for grass farming .

MACRAD recently produced an inquiry report into the circumstances around the eviction -which has caught the eye of
@zhrc365-
read and download here https://bit.ly/3dP4rYm . Indigenous People’s land Rights must be respected !!!! . Civil Society must not be stifled !!!

We are very much aware that this is meant to make us backtrack on these pending evictions of 1000 Shangaan families through targeting our director on trumped up charges.

Ephraim Mtombeni