Transform Zimbabwe leader and convener of the 31 July anti-corruption protests Jacob Ngarivhume, has been granted $50 000 bail coupled with stiff conditions on charges of scheming against Government by the High Court.
Justice Siyabona Msithu allowed Ngarivhume appeal for bail on the grounds of changed circumstances. His lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku successfully argued the matter for Ngarivhume.
Part of his bail conditions include that he resides at the given address, surrender his passport and report 3 times (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at Harare Central Police station.
He is also barred from using his Twitter account.
Ngarivhume was denied bail following after spending 43 days in custody. He was charged along with political activist, Hopewell Chin’ono, who is awaiting ruling for his appeal for the same relief before another judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi this afternoon.
Chin’ono and Ngarivhume were charged with incitement to commit public violence or alternatively incitement to participate in a gathering with the intent to promote public violence by posting messages through their Twitter handles between March 1 and July 20.
In some of the messages he said he met and consulted different stakeholders while mobilising for the demonstration. Ngarivhume alleged in the messages that he had met with people such as Mr Ian Makone, Dr Shingi Munyeza, Mr Elton Mangoma and Godfrey Tsenengamu as part of mobilising people.
