Case 5
Who: Bev and the Sexy Angels
When: 2013
What happened: Beverly Sibanda, a pole dancer, was arrested for indecent
dancing. It was alleged that she took a member of the audience and made him
a part of her act and this is illegal under the Censorship Act. She would be
allowed to go into the audience and interact.
Final outcome: She was detained for a night in prison. The policemen asked
her to dance in her cell for them while she was detained. It went through the
court and the Censorship Act was used.
Charge: Charged with indecency under Censorship Act
Coverage: Zimbabwean press coverage
http://zimbabwe24sevennews.blogspot.com/2014/06/bev-censored.html
Case 6
Who: Owen Maseko
When: March 2010 – 9 April 2015
What happened:
his Gukurahundi atrocities art exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe
in Bulawayo was banned in 2010 and the case stretched till 2015 when the
Supreme Court made a ruling.
Charge: undermining the authority of and insulting the President and causing
offence to persons of a particular race or religion.
Final outcome: The Supreme Court ordered him to remove the exhibition from
the art gallery and not to put it up again in a public space anywhere in the
country.
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