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Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume, who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office over the illegal allocation of two stands to his sister and a secretary at his law firm, has been denied bail. Jacob Mafume was advised to approach the High Court for bail application. Magistrate Bianca Makwande said if Mafume is released on bail, he was likely to ...

HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume was on Wednesday arrested by police on charges which were not immediately clear to the media. His party, MDC Alliance announced the arrest in a statement: “In yet another case of persecution and weaponisation of the law against MDC Alliance members, Harare Mayor [Jacob Mafume] has been arrested by [ZRP]. The charges against him are unclear,” ...