
Zimbabwe Jails 148 Malawians
Harare has jailed one hundred and forty-eight (148) Malawian nationals found without legal documents.
The 148 were each sentenced to between four and six months in prison while awaiting deportation by Chivhu and Mvuma magistrates, respectively.
Sixty-five travellers were intercepted by Police in Chivhu, while 83 were arrested in Mvuma.
Chivhu Magistrate Henry Sande sentenced the group of 65 to four months imprisonment, wholly suspended pending deportation.
Prosecutors told the court that on Monday, police officers manning a roadblock at the 141-kilometre peg along Harare-Masvingo Road intercepted 65 Malawians travelling by road.
The foreign nationals were aboard two buses; Boundary with registration number AFQ 5485 and Sarge with registration number JF24GLGP.
The Zimbabw...