Fuel challenges ground Beitbridge courts sessions

BEITBRIDGE courts sessions have since last been disrupted by a serious shortage of fuel at the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) which is now failing to bring accused people to court for trial.

Suspects remanded in custody are having to be driven to prison in open trucks allocated to magistrates by the Justice Services Commission.
Officials at the courts referred all questions to ZPCS from where a comment was not readily available.

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