Binga South MP charged with insulting Mnangagwa

BINGA South legislator Gabbuza Joel Gabuza (MDC Alliance) has appeared before a Hwange magistrate charged with undermining the authority of, or insulting, President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly accused the Zanu PF leader of failing to fix the country’s economic crisis.

Gabuza, who is represented by human rights lawyer Thulani Nkala, pleaded not guilty to the charges of undermining the authority of or insulting the President as defined in section 33(2)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act when he appeared before Hwange magistrate Livard Philemon on Monday.

The magistrate granted him $200 bail and remanded the matter to December 13.

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