In
April
2020,
some
ZRP
officers
brutally
assaulted
the
then
48
year-old
Siska
while he
was
queuing
at
Stanbic
Bank
in
Gweru.
The
ZRP
officers
approached
Siska
and
other
Gweru
residents,
who
were
queuing
at
the
bank
and
assaulted
him
all
over
his
body
with
truncheons,
booted
feet
and
open
hands.
Siska
suffered
serious
injuries,
which
included
a
fractured
arm,
after
he
was brutally
assaulted
by
the
ZRP
officers.
After
the
wanton
assault,
Siska
engaged Reginald
Chidawanyika of Zimbabwe
Lawyers
for
Human
Rights,
who
sued
ZRP
Commissioner-General Godwin
Matanga and
Home
Affairs
and
Cultural
Heritage
Minister
Hon. Kazembe
Kazembe,
for
damages
such
as
shock,
pain
and
suffering
and
to
recover
some
medical
expenses,
which
he
incurred
while
seeking
treatment.
After
a
full
trial
in
April
2022,
Gweru
Provincial
Magistrate Miriam
Banda ordered
Matanga
and
Hon.
Kazembe
to
pay
compensation
to
Siska
for
damages
arising
from
assault
by
police
officers.
But
instead
of
complying
with
the
court
order
and
compensate
Siska,
Matanga
and
Hon.
Kazembe
dilly-dallied
on
paying
damages
to
the
Gweru
resident
and
his
lawyer had
to
resort
to
instituting
contempt
of
court
proceedings
and
threatened
to
cause
the
arrest
of
the
duo.
Siska’s
long
wait
ended
recently
as
Hon.
Kazembe
and
Matanga
eventually
complied
with
the
court
order
and
paid
ZWG143
368
to
Siska
as
compensation
for
damages
for
violation
of
his
rights
arising
from
police
brutality.
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