Zimbabwe: Rushwaya Faces Long Wait for Bail Hearing

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Zimbabwe: Rushwaya Faces Long Wait for Bail Hearing

[The Herald] Henrietta Rushwaya has to wait a little longer for her application for bail to be heard at the High Court as the record of proceedings of the remand court is not yet ready

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