Bennett terrorism trial adjourned in Zim

So after three years the state relies on the reluctant testimony of a man who was not convicted of the charges Bennett is charged with yet he was supposedly an accomplice of Bennett.

What a joke.

And it gets better:

Hitschman, NEVER MENTIONED BENNETT AT ALL, in his case. (Not a single reference.)

Hitschman's lawyer posted an affidavit to the AG stating his client (Hitschman) would not give evidence against Bennett, and was withdrawing his testimony as being false and been given after being tortured.

So ZANU arrested him (the lawyer) and are currently charging him with Attempting to pervert the course of justice (for pointing out the "witness" has withdrawn the evidence the AG is now trying to use in court.).

The trial judge in Hirschman's case stated that Hitchsman had been tortured.

By the way, if you're actually interested to know what's going on in Zim, ZANU are once again abducting and torturing MDC suporters, denying them Medical attention and charging them with training Terrorists in Botswana for the CIA again:

http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=24620

And they are arresting civil society leaders and trade unionists again:

http://www.radiovop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7421&Itemid=171

I'm sure that Cosatu and the Communist party of SA will have something to say to the ANC about protecting their "Comrades" for arresting union leaders.

According to some sources, they haven't just arrested the Union Leader, they arrested the entire local executive and a few others who happened to be at the meeting as well:

http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/news/breaking-bzctu-president-arrested/

Viva ANC and Worker's rights. Let's see ZUMA get an entire country on an Agenda, this time.

Forgive me for harking on, but considering Cosatu have apparently issued a statement about the arrest of Zim Union Leaders, and they are part of the SA Govt, were you going to mention it?:

http://www.zimonline.co.za/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5367

(And apparently its not Botswana that is training anti-Mugabe terrorists this time, instead ZANU are now slagging off Uganda.)

I'm not so worried about Bennett who started a fight in parliament, despite being one of a few white fellows in the house. Went on to punch a minister and finally put in Jail and dealt with severely!!

Also Bennitt fought in the white Rhodesia army that oppressed the black majority. Bennett a big beneficiary of the "white spoil " system. The only sympathy I have for him is that he gets a fair trial, while most blacks at the time of his army Rhodesian days could not get a fair trial! Joshua Nkhomo jailed for 10 years in a Rhodesian jail.

Sibanda: I guess that makes zanu, torturing and abducting its own citizens, ok.

If we are to try and establish a good and peaceful balance in this region then all of us just have to try and forget about what happened in the past. As the new rulers, we must lead by example and set just and fair standards for everyone, regardless of people's background. After all, hasn't Mugabe previosuly employed former Rhodesian Front supporters such as Dennis Norman and Dr. Timothy Stamps? And what about John Bredenkamp, the former Brigadier who is up to his eyeballs with the regime? What we all have to also realize is the fact that Roy Bennett has enormous support amongst the black population in Zimbabwe - he was elected by the people! This is precisely what infuriates Mugabe and his Generals most about Bennett - that a white, former Rhodesian Front supporter has more actual support than what they do! And if Mugabe was and is so opposed to everything colonial, ask yourself this question, "why did he accept a Knighthood and several honoury doctorates and degrees from his former colonial masters?" What did he do to receive such recognition and praise?

Ephraim, a nation without history is like a tree without roots, trying to white wash the atrocities of the past so that you stand out as politically correct is a farce. The truth needs to be told so that those issues will be addressed accordingly.

Comrade Gorbachev, there is a difference between remembering the past and dwelling on the past because the latter tends to capture all your thoughts and emmotions and turns you into a psychopatic freak, preventing you from rational and progressive thinking.

With the involvement of Mark Thatcher and the mercenaries in the failed coup in Equitorial Guinea I am not sure that Bennet is AS clean as some of the ex- RHodies want us to believe. We all know why Bennet is regarded as a political activist in Zimbabwe and who sympathise with him. We also know that the Selous Scouts are itching to topple Mugabe and who is better placed to assist than Bennet. We also know that most of those Selous Scouts are still so well organised and ready to invade another African country like they did with Pres Nguema. It is a pity that we are being bombarded with Zimbabwean s falling economy which never benefited black Zimbabwean even when it was at its highest.It took MANN AND OTHER thugs like him to reveal that indeed there was an attempt on Pres Nguema s country many years to admit the same. He was only prepared to tell the truth on his release on indemnity after we were told that he and his gooms were on some other reasons in Equatorial Guinea. Maybe Bennnet will tell the truth when he comes out of jail too. This does not in anyway suggest that Mugabe should stay in power indefinitely but spare us the British idiot in the form of Tsvangirai who I believe has allowed his just cause to be hijacked by people with different agenda.This leaves us with Mugabe as the better of the two. Tsvangirai should discard Bennet and the like and fight for true Zimbabweans against Mugabe. Sipiwo Pahlane