{"id":29773,"date":"2026-03-24T17:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29773"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:03:07","slug":"zimbabwe-court-grants-bail-to-former-minister","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-court-grants-bail-to-former-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe court grants bail to former Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A court in Zimbabwe has granted bail to opposition leader Tendai Biti, who was arrested near the Mozambique border over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biti, a Former Finance Minister and prominent lawyer, faces charges of holding a public meeting without notifying authorities. He is also the leader of the Constitution Defenders Forum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Jameson Timba, convener of the Defend the Constitution Platform, the arrest has raised concerns among opposition groups about political freedoms in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Further details around the conditions of Biti\u2019s bail have not yet been made public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13699,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-29773","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"A court in Zimbabwe has granted bail to opposition leader Tendai Biti","published_date":"2026-03-24 17:02:46","news_description":"A court in Zimbabwe has granted bail to opposition leader Tendai Biti","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29774,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29773\/revisions\/29774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}