| Forty-six women were arrested on Saturday in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo during a peaceful but unsanctioned march marking Mother's Day, their lawyer said. The women were charged under the Miscellaneous Offences Act and were likely to be released after paying fines of ZIM$3 000 (R26) each, Perpetua Dube said. "We are trying to pay fines for everybody," she said late on Saturday. Those arrested included prominent rights activist Jenni Williams. Dube told AFP that many of those arrested had not been taken part in a march, organised by rights group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), but were simply bystanders. WOZA organised twin marches in Bulawayo and the capital Harare to highlight the plight of mothers struggling under Zimbabwe's economic hardships. |