He has been charged with \u201cobstructing the course of justice.\u201d It is alleged that Mpofu submitted an affidavit with a name of a person who does not exist. He denies the charge.<\/p>\n
Mpofu\u2019s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa said this matter had been investigated by the Law Society of Zimbabwe and the police\u2019s Law and Order section last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Zuze person was interviewed and they confirmed that he exists. So, it\u2019s extremely surprising that that now, you know, suddenly he is locked up for this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, police and soldiers have mounted more roadblocks around Harare where many cars and buses have been turned back.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven some people with letters confirming they are essential workers, have been turned back,\u201d according to one irate worker who was turned back.<\/p>\n
It is not clear why there is this ring of steel around the city. There is speculation it might have something to do with the expected recall of eight MDC A parliamentarians this afternoon by the Secretary-General of the Khupe faction of the MDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He has been charged with \u201cobstructing the course of justice.\u201d It is alleged that Mpofu submitted an affidavit with a name of a person who does not exist. He denies the charge. Mpofu\u2019s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa said this matter had been investigated by the Law Society of Zimbabwe and the police\u2019s Law and Order section […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[88,566],"class_list":{"0":"post-23851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-mdc","10":"tag-mpofu"},"yoast_head":"\n