{"id":50650,"date":"2021-12-01T19:59:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=50650"},"modified":"2021-12-01T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:06:18","slug":"police-arrest-the-wife-brother-of-slain-mdc-activist-nyasha-zhambe-mawere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-arrest-the-wife-brother-of-slain-mdc-activist-nyasha-zhambe-mawere","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest The Wife, Brother Of Slain MDC Activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Gutu Police has arrested the wife of slain MDC activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere and two other relatives for allegedly telling her husband\u2019s suspected murderer Joseph Mudziwepasi that his victim had been laid to rest.<\/p>\n<p>Mollen Banga (41) was arrested together with the deceased\u2019s siblings Beauty (43) and Shadreck (34) on Tuesday night around 7 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights lawyer, Martin Mureri confirmed the arrests to The Mirror and said he had written to Police to seek clarification.<\/p>\n<p>Masvingo Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa professed ignorance over the arrest and said that he was going to check with Inspector Campes Muyambo the Officer-in-Charge at Gutu.<\/p>\n<p>Mudziwapasi could not be reached for a comment as his mobile was not reachable.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police are said to be reluctant to take action against individuals who reportedly assaulted Mawere at an illegal roadblock in Mupandawana in October when MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa toured Masvingo.<\/p>\n<p>Mawere was assaulted with logs resulting in his hospitalisation and eventual death at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare on November 26, 2021<\/p>\n<p>The other suspects in the murder case which was reported at Mpandawana are Buster Mafios and Eufrasia Chamwaita.<\/p>\n<p>Banga and the deceased\u2019s siblings allegedly bumped into Mudziwapasi, a ZANU PF youth, around 5 pm yesterday and informed him that the deceased had been laid to rest at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mudziwapasi allegedly shouted at the three and made some threats before reporting to Police that he had been defamed.<\/p>\n<p>The Mirror reports that the police\u2019s reaction speed shocked many Mpandawana residents.<\/p>\n<p>They only released them without charge at 11 pm after MDC officials went to the station to ascertain the reasons for the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>More: The Mirror<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Gutu Police has arrested the wife of slain MDC activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere and two other relatives for allegedly telling her husband\u2019s suspected murderer Joseph Mudziwepasi that his victim had been laid to rest. Mollen Banga (41) was arrested together with the deceased\u2019s siblings Beauty (43) and Shadreck (34) on Tuesday night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,10,15],"tags":[1493,2189,7369,7307,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-50650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-parties","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-gutu-mupandawana","14":"tag-nyasha-zhambe-mawere","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police Arrest The Wife, Brother Of Slain MDC Activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gutu Police has arrested the wife of slain MDC activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere and two other relatives for allegedly telli ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-arrest-the-wife-brother-of-slain-mdc-activist-nyasha-zhambe-mawere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Arrest The Wife, Brother Of Slain MDC Activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gutu Police has arrested the wife of slain MDC activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere and two other relatives for allegedly telli ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-arrest-the-wife-brother-of-slain-mdc-activist-nyasha-zhambe-mawere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-01T17:59:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-01T17:06:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/12\/img-61a7ab5854754.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-arrest-the-wife-brother-of-slain-mdc-activist-nyasha-zhambe-mawere\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/police-arrest-the-wife-brother-of-slain-mdc-activist-nyasha-zhambe-mawere\",\"name\":\"Police Arrest The Wife, Brother Of Slain MDC Activist Nyasha Zhambe Mawere - 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