{"id":92605,"date":"2024-03-29T21:39:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nust-student-in-court-over-anti-ndebele-tribal-comments"},"modified":"2024-03-30T01:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T23:30:31","slug":"nust-student-in-court-over-anti-ndebele-tribal-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/nust-student-in-court-over-anti-ndebele-tribal-comments","title":{"rendered":"NUST Student In Court Over Anti-Ndebele Tribal Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student was arraigned before the Bulawayo Magistrates Court for allegedly posting a provocative tribal comment on his X page demeaning Ndebele people.<\/p>\n

According to the Chronicle<\/b>, the accused, Tanaka Ryan Ziso (24), resides at the Old Mutual students\u2019 accommodation complex in Selbourne Park and is a final-year Civil and Water Engineering student.<\/p>\n

He appeared in court on Thursday to answer for charges of causing offence to persons of a particular race.<\/p>\n

Ziso was remanded in custody to 2 April when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube.<\/p>\n

Prosecuting, Dorcas Maphosa said Ziso committed the offence on 13 March this year. She said:<\/p>\n

On 13 March 2024 at 2011 hours the accused person posted a message on his X-page (previously Twitter) using the name The Royal Priest of Chitungwiza @ iamryantanaka.<\/p>\n

In the post, Ziso allegedly expressed demeaning sentiments against the Ndebele people, using unprintable words.<\/p>\n

On 14 March 2024, the accused at around 2 PM posted another message heightening the already boiling tensions.<\/p>\n

Maphosa said the matter was reported by the director of communication and marketing at NUST, Thabani Mpofu. She said:<\/p>\n

Printed hard copies of the contents of the accused person\u2019s posts can be produced in court as evidence.<\/p>\n

The accused person had no right to post sentiments that can cause offence to persons of a particular race, tribe and place of origin.<\/p>\n

In Zimbabwe, causing offense to persons of a particular race, religion, etc. is addressed under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. Specifically, Section 42 of the act deals with this offence.<\/p>\n

It prohibits actions that intentionally cause offense to individuals based on their race, religion, or other protected characteristics. The section reads as follows:<\/p>\n

42. Causing offence to persons of a particular race, religion, etc.<\/p>\n

(1) In this section-<\/p>\n

\u201ccreed or religion\u201d means any system of beliefs associated with practices of worship that is adhered to by any significant body of persons in Zimbabwe or any other country;<\/p>\n

\u201cfilm\u201d, \u201cpicture\u201d, \u201cpublication\u201d, \u201crecord\u201d and \u201cstatue\u201d have the meanings assigned to those terms by section 2 of the Censorship and Entertainments Control Act [Chapter 10:04]; \u201cpublicly\u201d, in relation to making a statement, means\u2014<\/p>\n

(a) making the statement in a public place or any place to which the public or any section of the public have access;<\/p>\n

(b) publishing it in any printed or electronic medium for reception by the public;<\/p>\n

\u201cstatement\u201d includes any act, gesture or form of expression, whether verbal, written or visual, but does not include any film, picture, publication, statue or record that is of a bona fide literary or artistic character.<\/p>\n

(2) Any person who publicly makes any insulting or otherwise grossly provocative statement that causes offence to persons of a particular race, tribe, place of origin, colour, creed or religion, intending to cause such offence or realising there is a real risk or possibility of doing so, shall be guilty of causing offence to persons of a particular race, tribe, place of origin, colour, creed or religion, as the case may be, and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or both.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student was arraigned before the Bulawayo Magistrates Court for allegedly posting a provocative tribal comment on his X page demeaning Ndebele people. 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