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BREAKING- FREEDOM AT LAST FOR TRANSFORM ZIMBABWE LEADER JACOB NGARIVHUME
2 September 2020
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By A Correspondent- A Harare High Court Judge this morning granted jailed opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume $50 000 bail after he had been languishing nehind bars for 45 days.

Justice Musithu ended the detention of Transform Zimbabwe party leader Jacob Ngarivhume by granting him $50 000 bail, barring him from sharing messages on Twitter and ordering him to report 3 times per week to the Zimbabwe Republic Police. He was also ordered to reside at his given address and surrender his passport.

Ngarivhume, who was arrested on July 20 over the July 31 protests had been denied bail by the lower courts twice.

The opposition leader had approached the court in his second freedom bid citing changed circumstances where he argued that the reasons which had led to his initial bail denial had changed.

Ngarivhume, is facing charges of inciting citizens to revolt against government when he organised and announced that on July 31, citizens were supposed to protest over corruption and a failed leadership.

He however argued that the planned protests did not take place, hence fears of him influencing violence were no longer existent since the day of the protests had come and gone.

Harare magistrate Trynos Utahwashe dismissed Ngarivhume’s bail application arguing that he remained a national threat hence should remain behind bars

His lawyers however said they would appeal the decision at the High Court arguing that it was baffling how the state acknowledged that July 31 had come and gone with no violence reports at all but maintained that what was proposed as the July 31 protests had become a movement. The court however did not avail the evidence to back up the state’s claim.

“We are surprised that Jacob Ngarivhume is now said to be the founder of that movement. We are hearing it for the first time in court and we are shocked but we are not discouraged in any way. We will be appealing as soon as possible,” said Nkomo.

Ngarivhume was arrested on July 20 and has been languishing in jail since then.

The High Court denied him bail again on grounds that he called for protests amid the Covid-19 pandemic thereby exposing the public to dangers of contracting the disease.