/ 21 October 1999

MADIMBO BASE ARREST

POLICE arrested a nineteenth suspect on Wednesday night for invading the Madimbo Corridor military base last month. Nkuzi Development Association fieldworker Shirhami Shirinda was held at about 5pm, when he was about to attend a meeting with farmers and two MECs. He has been charged with public violence, malicious damage to property, and trespassing after he allegedly led a group of about 1000 who broke down a fence round the base on September 6. The 18 other suspects were arrested just days after the group marched to protest against the slowness of the Land Claims Commission in settling their claim to the land.