ONE of the 67 "mercenaries" jailed at Chikurubi Maximum Prison died at a Harare hospital this week, barely a month after being convicted of contravening the Immigration Act, The Financial Gazette can reveal. The death of Ngave Jarukeno Muharukua, 35, at one of the country's largest referral hospitals, is being kept under wraps, coming as it did after protestations against the alleged assault of some of the "soldiers of fortune" by prison guards. Highly placed sources told The Financial Gazette yesterday that the deceased, whose ailment could not be ascertained by the time of going to print, was part of the 20 South African nationals arrested at the Harare International Airport on March 7 this year.
| My guess is the cause of death will be "heart failure." |
The South African contingent was part of the 70 suspected "terrorists", who were arrested when their Boeing 727-100 made a stopover in the Zimbabwean capital city allegedly to pick up weapons of war. The death of the "mercenary" comes in the wake of allegations of ill treatment of prisoners in Zimbabwe's 41 prisons, which has attracted the wrath of human rights activists. The activists have been pushing the Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) to institute massive reforms.
| In the end, they all come down to "heart failure," don't they? |
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