Mnangagwa pardons 3 000 prisoners

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned at least 3 000 prisoners under the Presidential amnesty to decongest the country’s overpopulated Zimbabwean prisons which currently have 20 000 inmates against a combined carrying capacity of 17 000 prisoners.

Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Deputy Commissioner-General Alford Dube said they were still in the process of vetting beneficiaries of the amnesty and those who qualify would be released soon.

However, prominent figures such as former Zanu PF strongman Munyaradzi Kereke and clergyman Robert Gumbura are unlikely to benefit from the amnesty as their crimes do not fit into the criteria released yesterday.

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