Ex-wife of Zimbabwe's vice-president freed after collapse of attempted murder case

For context, the former wife of Zimbabwe's vice-president has been freed from remand after seven years while on trial for his attempted murder.

Key points

• After her then husband Gen Constantino Chiwenga accused her of trying to impede his medical treatment in South Africa, marry Mubaiwa was charged in 2019.
• In 2017, Chiwenga was central in overthrowing then President Robert Mugabe.
• According to the New Zimbabwe news website, Mubaiwa celebrated her release outside court, and remarked justice had been achieved and that she was proud of her lawyer.
• Ordering her release, a magistrate remarked Mubaiwa had suffered mental, physical and financial prejudice during the trial, state-owned daily the Herald stated.
• While he was in hospital in Pretoria, mubaiwa was accused of attempting to kill Chiwenga.

Notably, the ruling was created after the state asked for the trial to be postponed by a month so as to engage witnesses.

Since her client's rights had been violated by the delay in the trial, her lawyer described the ruling as a victory that had come too late.

Speaking outside court in the capital Harare on Tuesday, the lawyer continued that if the state moved for a new trial, they would agreement with it when it happened.

While he was in hospital in Pretoria, mubaiwa was accused of attempting to kill Chiwenga. The vice-president then went to China for four months of treatment. Mubaiwa was remanded in custody and denied bail.

For now, ex-wife of Zimbabwe' s vice-president freed after collapse of attempted murder case remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.