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Albert Rugowe, formerly an officer in the army, was accused of recruiting military officials for the coup. Captain Shepherd Maromo and Olivine Morale were also on trial. [3] According to a military source in Harare, the coup leaders allegedly contacted Western governments and asked them if they would support the coup.
14 March: Two female officers were seriously injured in a fire-bomb attack on a police station in Harare; the government blamed the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Similar attacks and other forms of protest took place in other parts of the country. [2]
March 11 - Leading opponents of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, including Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, and four other members of parliament and party activists, are arrested for defying a ban on protest rallies in Harare. Riot police shoot one activist dead. [2]
In February 2023, Mugabe was arrested, facing allegations of property damage and assault of a police officer. [10] The prosecution was paused soon after a court appearance in Harare. [11] Mugabe is noted for his lavish lifestyle. [12] At times, he has lived in South Africa. [13] [14]
The Police Support Unit, also known by their nickname of the Black Boots, is a paramilitary wing of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. They were founded as a native police force but later developed into a counter-insurgency unit of the British South Africa Police in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War . [ 1 ]
On 12 July 2016, Pastor Evan Mawarire handed himself in for questioning at the request of the Zimbabwe Republic Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to the Central Police Station in Harare. [37] On 12 July, he was formally charged with section 36 for inciting public violence and disturbing the peace. [38]
He was arrested by Zimbabwean police in Harare airport [1] [2] along with 64 other mercenaries. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He eventually served three years of a four-year prison sentence in Zimbabwe , [ 5 ] and less than two years of a 34 years and four months sentence in Equatorial Guinea.
The predecessor of the Zimbabwe Republic Police was the British South Africa Police of Rhodesia and the interim state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.The Zimbabwe Republic Police was officially established on 1 August 1980 to succeed the BSAP, the then Home Affairs Minister Cde Joshua Nkomo announced the new post independence title for the national police.