ZANU PF Activists in the CAB3 Detective Torture Case Released
High Court judge Justice Mpokiseng Dube has granted ZPCS Officer, Isheanesu Benjamin Marima, and three co-accused US$50 bail pending appeal. The four are being represented by defense counsel Ernest Muzemba, Whatmore Gandi and Thomas Militao, in the CAB3 Gokwe Detective torture case.
Dumisani Ndlovu 
Bulawayo — ZANU-PF Youth activist and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer Isheanesu Benjamin Marima, alongside three co-accused, has been granted bail pending appeal by the Bulawayo High Court.
The four were serving seven-year prison sentences for the kidnapping, assault and torture of a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Detective deployed on Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (CAB3) duties in Nembudziya, Gokwe.
Justice Mpokiseng Dube admitted Marima, Wonder Gomba, Collen Masawi and Edwin Chinongwa to bail on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (Case No. HCBCR3868/26).
The legal representation for the convicts included defense attorneys Ernest Muzemba and Whatmore Gandi, alongside Thomas Militao, who appeared for the accused in the initial stages of the legal proceedings.
Prosecutor, Malvern Nzombe, appeared for the State during the trial before Gokwe Regional Magistrate Stanford Mambanje.
As part of their release conditions pending appeal, Justice Dube ordered each convict to deposit US$50 bail with the Registrar of the High Court.
Additional bail conditions attached to their release mandate that the four must
reside at their given residential addresses until the appeal is finalised.
The first applicant, Marima, to report at Mkoba 1 Police Station in Gweru on Fridays every fortnight.
The 2nd to 4th applicant are to report at Gokwe Central police station on Fridays every fortnight until the matter is finalised.
They have also been ordered to surrender all travel documents to the clerk of court.
The High Court also ordered them to refrain from interfering with State witnesses or ongoing police investigations.
The four petitioned the High Court seeking temporary release while awaiting the determination of their appeal against both conviction and sentence.
The case stems from the abduction of CID Law and Order Detective, Constable Bester Tati.
State allegations detail that Tati was lured from a Constitutional Amendment Bill No.3 (CAB3) public hearing venue in Nembudziya under the guise of discussing security matters.
He was subsequently forced into a waiting vehicle, driven to a secluded forest in Maselukwe and subjected to "falaka", a method of torture involving sustained rhythmic strikes to the soles of the feet designed to cause intense internal pain while minimising external scarring to severe physical assault before being dumped at Mutora Business Centre.
