Chiadzwa villagers’ representative in trouble

Mutare provincial magistrate Lucy Anne Mungwari on Tuesday refused to remove Malvern Mudiwa, the chairperson of the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust, from remand.

Mudiwa, younger brother of Mutare West MP Shuah Mudiwa, is facing charges of criminal nuisance.

The state alleges that sometime in November last year, Mudiwa allegedly instructed villagers settled around the Chiadzwa diamond fields to defy a government directive ordering them to relocate to Arda Transau Farm.

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