Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on the run

Former Vice President Mr Phelekezela Mphoko is on the run as he escaped from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officials who were set to arrest him today.

The former Vice President is being pursued abuse of office crime which he allegedly committed during his tenure in office.

ZACC commissioner John Makarume on Monday afternoon confirmed that Mr Mphoko was now a fugitive from the law and anti-corruption officials were after him.

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THE High Court has blocked today’s planned demonstration by MDC-Alliance in Bulawayo following an urgent chamber application by residents, business community and churches.

Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa ruled that MDC-Alliance could not go ahead with the demonstrations after the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers’ Association, the Bulawayo United Residents’ Association (BURA), the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) and the Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) yesterday approached the High Court on an urgent basis seeking an order prohibiting the opposition party from carrying out the demonstrations in the city.

In papers before the court, the applicants through their lawyers Joel Pincus, Konson and Wolhuter Legal Practitioners, cited MDC-Alliance, the Officer Commanding Police in Bulawayo Central District Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Phiri and her boss Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, as respondents. read more…

Source – MbareTimes