BEITBRIDGE lawyer Jabulani Mzinyathi of Garikayi and Company has offered free “watching brief” services to Nyarai Shoriwa, the woman whose spleen was damaged and had to be removed following a repeat bout of domestic violence.
Watching brief is a legal action in which a lawyer attends to actions of a person or organisation to ensure everything is done by the book.
Mzinyathi told NewsDay that he reacted to a public outcry after Rayson Tsvangirai Rushwaya, accused of severely assaulting Shoriwa, was granted bail by Beitbridge magistrate Mbonisi Kaweni last week.
In a letter addressed to the Beitbridge district public prosecutor dated August 19 2024, Mzinyathi said he assumed a watching brief agency on behalf of Shoriwa at her instance.
“The undersigned has been engaged by the complainant Nyarai Shoriwa to do a watching brief in the above-stated cases,” part of the letter read.
The cases, referenced BTB 615/24 and BTB 910/24, are both of assault of which the latter was allegedly committed before the initial one was concluded.
Mzinyathi said apart from the criminal offences, he had also assumed agency on arising civil cases.
“I have had the protection order reinstated. I have also assumed agency to do a watching brief pro bono. I have also advised client to claim maintenance,” he said.
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Rushwaya was granted US$100 bail for the first case.
A few weeks later, he allegedly turned violent again, resulting in the second case, for which Shoriwa spent three weeks in the United Bulawayo Hospitals’ intensive care unit, where her punctured spleen was removed.
