{"id":2223345,"date":"2026-10-27T21:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2223345"},"modified":"2026-10-27T21:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:09:12","slug":"marry-mubaiwa-ex-wife-of-zimbabwes-vice-president-freed-after-collapse-of-attempted-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2223345","title":{"rendered":"Marry Mubaiwa: Ex-wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president freed after collapse of attempted murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marry Mubaiwa in an image from 2018 when she was still married to Constantino Chiwenga<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The former wife of Zimbabwe’s vice-president has been freed from remand after seven years while on trial for his attempted murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Marry Mubaiwa was charged in 2019, after her then husband Gen Constantino Chiwenga accused her of trying to impede his medical treatment in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ordering her release, a magistrate said Mubaiwa had suffered mental, physical and financial prejudice during the trial, state-owned daily the Herald said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The ruling was made after the state asked for the trial to be postponed by a month in order to engage witnesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her lawyer described the ruling as a victory that had come too late, because her client’s rights had been violated by the delay in the trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking outside court in the capital Harare on Tuesday, the lawyer added that if the state moved for a new trial, they would deal with it when it happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mubaiwa was accused of attempting to kill Chiwenga, while he was in hospital in Pretoria. The vice-president then went to China for four months of treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mubaiwa was remanded in custody and denied bail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the New Zimbabwe news website, Mubaiwa celebrated her release outside court, and said justice had been achieved and that she was proud of her lawyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2017, Chiwenga played a key role in overthrowing then President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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