MOSH director Chantelle Shangare said their organisation chose to combine their anniversary with a festive celebration because Christmas symbolises hope, love and togetherness. 

Bulawayo City Council Chief fire officer, Mhlangano Moyo, said a mining rescue team retrieved the body of the now deceased.

Banda said the accused ordered the complainant to sleep in the same bedroom with him before raping her sometime in April this year.

Over the years, black soldier fly has been adopted as an intervention and a new phenomenon in many communities as part of resilience-building in the area.

The body of the victim was found lying on the ground with bruises all over.

The activists denied the charge when they appeared before Filabusi magistrate Abednicho Ndebele who remanded them in custody to July 3.