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<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Fadzayi_Mahere">Fadzayi Mahere</a>, the national spokesperson of the opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> has said <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala’s</a> continued incarceration is a dark stain on Zimbabwe’s democracy.
She made the remarks hours after Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa Thursday ruled the Zengeza West Member of Parliament has a case to answer on charges of obstructing or defeating the course of justice.
Sikhala is being accused of hindering police investigations into the murder of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a> and the violence that ensued in the Nyatsime area in June 2022. 
Sikhala was arrested following the violence and has as of 17 March 2023 spent 276 days at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. The courts have denied him bail on numerous occasions. 
In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, Mahere said bail is a constitutional right. She said:
<blockquote>
Pane asipo [someone is missing]. If he was free, he’d be championing voter registration across the nation! We demand the release of @JobSikhala1 from detention. His continued incarceration is a dark stain on our democracy. Bail is a constitutional entitlement. He is innocent. #FreeWiwa
</blockquote>
Delivering judgement after the Sikhala applied for discharge at the close of the State’s representations Mrs Gofa said the lawmaker who is awaiting trial has a case to answer.
The magistrate said evidence before her, so far, shows that the politician has some explaining to make.
The CCC party says Sikhala’s detention is political in nature as it is aimed at frustrating the opposition party’s 2023 election campaign. 
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Pindula News

Sikhala's Continued Incarceration A Dark Stain On Our Democracy - Mahere

Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) Member of Parliament for Chitungwiza North, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> has been granted bail.
His party made the announcement in a statement seen by Pindula News. Read the statement posted on the microblogging site, Twitter:
<blockquote>
BREAKING: Hon Godfrey Sithole has finally been granted bail after spending 149 days in prison without trial. In a new Zimbabwe, a person is innocent until proven guilty not vice versa like what we’re currently experiencing under Mr Mnangagwa’s regime.
</blockquote>
Sithole was arrested in June allegedly for inciting the 14 June public violence which erupted in Nyatsine during the funeral wake of slain CCC activist, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali.</a>
He was arrested together with Zengeza West legislator, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> who is still in jail.
There are more than a dozen other CCC activists who were also arrested over the violence.
Sithole was granted $300 000 bail by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa.
He was also ordered to report twice a week at Chitungwiza Police Station and surrender his passport as part of his bail conditions.
Sithole was represented by lawyer Oliver Marwa, who made a fresh bail application on changed circumstances on Wednesday.
The legislator is expected back in court along with Sikhala on November 15 for trial.
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CCC MP Godfrey Sithole Granted Bail 149 Days Later

Jailed Zengeza West legislator, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a>, has released a statement to mark his 50th birthday saying he is strengthened by the fact that some prominent politicians also celebrated their birthdays in prison. In a statement seen by Pindula News, Sikhala who is detained at  <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Chikurubi_Maximum_Security_Prison">Chikurubi Maximum Prison</a> said Zimbabwe is continuously degenerating into poverty because the old generation is clinging to medieval politics. Sikhala was arrested in June and charged with inciting public violence which erupted during the funeral wake of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali.</a> Through lawyer Freddy Masarirevu who is his family and personal spokesman, Sikhala said:
<blockquote>
50 years ago, on the 30th of October 1972, in the village of Masema in Gutu, Sophia Mugari and Adrew Sikhala procreated Job. It is this great day which I am celebrating today under incarceration and trepidation in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. This has been made so not because I am a criminal. I am being denied my liberty together with my colleagues here and being persecuted for my deep beliefs and values in the freedom and happiness of our people. Human life is sacrosanct. Moreblessing Ali’s life was as treasury as everyone’s life. I am happy to suffer for that good. 
Today, my daughter, Monalisa, would have baked a special birthday cake for her dad. My wife Ellen would have made five more to share with the good people of Zengeza West, Chitungwiza in general, and hundreds of colleagues from all over Zimbabwe. Usually, it is a huge gathering event for me, my family, and friends. Evil plotters conspired to ruin my special day and this happy moment by their obsession with persecuting my person. Congratulations to them all for getting satisfaction from this facade of a charade. 
What gives me utmost happiness is that I am not the first and will not be the last political prisoner to celebrate their birthdays under persecution from an evil dictatorship. History is awash with such personalities. Nelson Mandela celebrated 27 consecutive birthdays in prison; <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Dumiso_Dabengwa">Dumiso Dabengwa</a> 7,<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lookout_Masuku"> Lookout Masuku</a> 7, Bakili Muluzi 10, Raila Odinga 10, and many other good men and women of upright standing. 
Last month, I heard someone celebrated their 80th birthday —30 years older than me. I am the age of his 3rd born child. Persecuting a child for a difference in political views and beliefs is as preposterous as it comes.
Elders in our country have played a major role in liberating our beloved country. I have unquestionable respect for their profound role. However, the needs and demands of today call for new thinking and ideas which are in tandem with the modem 21st Century, to catch up with rapid changing times. There is need of urgent political and economic reforms in our country which the old generation is refusing to relent. Times change. Our Country is the odd one, not only in the region but in the whole world without a functioning industry. The only one with the Government as the largest employer, “salarying” its employees slave wages. 
This has been justified through a big lie. Countries which are frequently touted did not develop through archaic politics. There were extensive political and economic reforms in the Soviet Union and China to re-engineer their lives to move with the times. Mikhail Gorbachev was brave to bring perestroika and glasnost and dump Stalin and Brezhnev’s insanity. Deng Xiaoping dumped Mao’s cultural revolution and cult of personality politics and fostered both economic and political reforms to move with the changing times. Our great nation is daily drifting towards the stone age era. The cause is the old generation that is clinging to the Stalinist and Maoist traditions of medieval politics. We will not relent in calling for the release of our country from the jaws of the kleptocratic looting brigade of today. 
My wife had baked me a cake, but they refused to let her deliver it to me. I am not surprised. Today, I will toast water and share the love of the people of Zimbabwe with Hon. <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> and the rest of the inmates.
Half a century and NOT OUT, cheers beloved Zimbabweans!!!!
</blockquote>
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Birthday In Prison: Sikhala Says Nelson Mandela Celebrated 27 Years In Prison

Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has reported that prison authorities denied the wife and family of detained Job Sikhala from delivering a birthday cake to him.
The Zengeza West Member of Parliament who turns 50 years today has been in prison since June after he was arrested and charged with inciting public violence which erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain CCC activist, Moreblessing Ali.
In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, Chamisa described Sikhala, popularly known as Wiwa, as “the citizens’ hero.” He said:
<blockquote>
Today Hon @JobSikhala1 turns 50. Sadly, I’ve just heard from his wife that they had baked a bday cake for him but Prison authorities denied the family the opportunity to have the cake delivered to him in prison. Join me in wishing the citizens’ hero a happy birthday. God bless Wiwa!
</blockquote>
Sikhala and fellow legislator, Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) as well as 16 other Nyatsime residents have on several occasions <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/job-sikhala-denied-bail-a-sixth-time/">been denied bail.</a> 
Sikhala, an <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/MDC_Alliance">MDC Alliance</a> MP, is accused of obstructing justice for allegedly recording a video threatening the murderers of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.
He is also charged with inciting public violence under the same facts.
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Prison Authorities Block Family From Delivering Birthday Cake To Detained Job Sikhala

Detained opposition legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have paid saluted fellow legislators, who were fighting for their release, <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/jailed-sikhala-and-sithole-pay-homage-to-sympathisers-curiously-mum-on-chamisas-ccc-solidarity/">NewZimbabwe</a> reported.
Sikhala and Sithole together with 15 Nyatsime residents were arrested in June this year over the June 14 violence which erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Moreblessing Ali. 
Their efforts to get bail have not yielded any positive results. In a statement, Sikhala and Sithole said:
<blockquote>
The purpose of this statement is not to express regret, sadness, or disappointment, but rather to express gratitude for your support through various initiatives from the day of our arrest to the present.
On numerous occasions, we have heard the roars of our colleagues in Parliament, the Honourable Temba Mliswa and the Honourable Rusty Markham.
We appreciate your efforts, brothers, in demanding justice in our case. It is heartwarming to know that you understand and appreciate our inner pain and are actively doing something about it.
We can not hide the fact that we have suffered for the past four months. As humans, there is a certain amount of pain and suffering we can endure.
A lot has been happening during our incarceration, which we strongly feel is unjustified and most importantly unlawful, as it violates the fundamental pillars of constitutionalism and the rule of law.
</blockquote>
The two legislators’ failure to mention their party in the statement has, however, triggered debate in political corridors with some suggesting that it could be a sign of bad blood between the MPs and the leaders of the CCC.
The opposition party downplayed the issue, saying on Twitter; 
<blockquote>
Please note that they did so because they did a first statement last week which was focusing on thanking the party and party champions for the solidarity.
They do the statements now and then focusing on certain issues that the detained Champions see fit to address.
</blockquote>
In their fifth failed attempt to secure bail, Ellen Shiriyedenga was the only influential CCC member appearing in solidarity with Sikhala and Sithole.
CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa was reportedly in Bikita attending the burial of a little-known member, while the MPs were appearing in court which attracted criticism from some of his followers.
While there are some who accuse the party of not doing enough to secure the release of its detained members, the CCC has maintained that it was strategising behind the scenes to get bail for the MPs.
<h2><a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Detained Sikhala, Sithole Salute Fellow MPs For Their Support

Opposition legislators <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> (Zengeza West) and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> (Chitungwiza North) have abandoned their planned appeal against a magistrate’s ruling denying them bail for the fifth consecutive time.
The duo was earlier this week <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/sikhaka-sithole-denied-bail-for-a-5th-consecutive-time/">denied bail for a 5th consecutive time</a> in a case they are accused of inciting public violence which erupted on June 14 in Nyatsime <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/ccc-activist-moreblessing-ali-found-dead/">during the funeral wake of slain</a> Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali.</a>
They have now shifted attention to their earlier plea to be given State papers in order to prepare for their trial, <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/sikhala-sithole-abandon-planned-appeal-state-refuses-to-give-them-case-papers/">NewZimbabwe</a> reported.
Sikhala and Sithole Tuesday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi and were remanded to October 20 for routine remand.
Their attorney Jeremiah Bamu told the court that his clients were no longer interested in appealing Tuesday’s ruling denying them bail. He said:
<blockquote>
The accused have made a decision not to go further with the appeal of the case from yesterday but will be requesting for the copy of the ruling handed out yesterday and full case document.
</blockquote>
Bamu further indicated that although in terms of the law the State can give the defence papers two days before trial it was a short period to prepare.
Bamu told the court that he hoped the State would give him the papers and the video that is going to be used during the trial for his clients to have a fair trial.
The State has in the past promised to give them the papers but has not done so arguing that the video in question was still being analysed.
The State represented by prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti said they would give the defence papers but should they fail, it wouldn’t be a violation of the laws.
<h2><a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Sikhala, Sithole Ditch Plan To Appeal Against Ruling On Bail

Zengeza West Member of Parliament (MP), Job Sikhala was together with Chitungwiza North MP, Godfrey Sithole denied bail for the fifth consecutive time when they appeared before a Harare Magistrate this Wednesday.
 Sithole and Sikhala had applied for bail arguing that circumstances had changed.
Harare Magistrate Taurai Manuwere, however, denied them bail saying there are no changed circumstances to warrant the duo getting bail.
They are facing charges of inciting public violence which erupted in Nyatsime on 14 June during the funeral wake of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Moreblessing Ali.
They were arrested in June together with 14 other Nyatsime residents and have been in jail since then. 
Another Nyatsime resident was arrested last week over the same incident while other accused persons are said to be on the run.
The CCC party led by Nelson Chamisa, a former Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services during the Government of National Unity (GNU) says its members are political detainees.
<h2><a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Sikhaka, Sithole Denied Bail For A 5th Consecutive Time

The opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change</a>‘s Southend branch has claimed that Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives are following and intimidating the children of slain CCC activist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali.</a>
In a post on Twitter this Thursday, the party said:
<blockquote>
We are disturbed to hear slain #CCC activist #MoreblessingAli’s grieving children are being followed &amp; intimidated by @edmnangagwa’s Central Intelligence Organisation operatives. This is a despicable corrupt use of state resources. Is it not enough that you killed their mum?
</blockquote>
<h2>Some context:</h2>
Moreblessing Ali went missing on 24 May 2022 after she had been kidnapped by <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Pius_Jamba">Pius Mukandi,</a> alias <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Pius_Jamba">Jamba</a>, at Chibhanguza Shopping Centre in Nyatsime.
Her mutilated body was found in a disused well on 11 June. 
Jamba who is believed to be a ZANU PF member was arrested in Hurungwe five days after the discovery of Ali’s body at his mother’s plot.
Moreblessing’s body is yet to be buried with her family demanding that their lawyer, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a>, be released first.
Sikhala, who was at the forefront in demanding justice for Moreblessing, was arrested alongside Chitungwiza North member of Parliament Godfrey Sithole and 14 other CCC activists over the violence which erupted during Moreblessing Ali’s funeral wake. 
In July, Moreblessing’s son Silence and brother Wellington claimed that they were in hiding after they had been harassed out of their home
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CIO Operatives Reportedly Following And Intimidating Moreblessing Ali's Children

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Linda_Masarira">Linda Tsungirirai Masarira</a> who leads the opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Labour,_Economists_and_African_Democrats" title="Labour, Economists and African Democrats">Labour, Economists and African Democrats</a> (LEAD) party has called for the release of 16 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members who were arrested in June over the 14 June 2022 violence which erupted in Nyatsime.
Among the arrested are Members of Parliament (MPs) <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> (Zengeza West) and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> (Chitungwiza North).
They have been in prison since June with courts <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/08/31/zengeza-west-mp-job-sikhala-denied-bail-again-2/">denying them bail on several occasions</a>. 
Reflecting on her past, Masarira said she was once arrested during the time of the late founding leader of Zimbabwe, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Robert_Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a> and she reckons the system under which she suffered hasn’t changed despite the fact that it’s about five years since Mugabe’s departure.
Mugabe’s predecessor, President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a>, is being accused of presiding over a system that violates human rights. Masarira said in a Twitter post seen by Pindula News:
<blockquote>
6years ago I faced political persecution under Mugabes regime. Fast forward 2022 people are still being persecuted for differing political opinions &amp; being denied bail which is a fundamental human right. If murderers &amp; corrupt elements are being granted bail why not #Nyatsime16
</blockquote>
Her remarks echo those of the opposition CCC which argues that its members are being arrested for political reasons.
Government critics argue that the arrests are meant to intimidate and destabilise the opposition ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.
Sikhala is one of the most vocal senior leaders in CCC. 
While the CCC activists are being detained for a prolonged period of time, several political elites accused of stealing millions of dollars from the state are being released from jail and in some cases, their charges dropped, much to the annoyance of the opposition. 
Only recently, ZANU PF MP for Gokwe-Nembudziya <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Justice_Mayor_Wadyajena">Justice Mayor Wadyajena</a> who was accused of defrauding Cottco of about US$5.8 million was granted bail.
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"Murderers And Corrupt Elements Are Being Granted Bail, Why Not Nyatsime 16" - Masarira

The Zimbabwe Republic Police Saturday 25 September 2022 arrested five members of the opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> for conducting a meeting in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Bikita">Bikita</a>, the party claimed.
CCC, led by <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">Nelson Chamisa</a>, a former Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services during the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Government_of_National_Unity">Government of National Unity (GNU</a>), posted on social media platforms on Monday:
<blockquote>
The @PoliceZimbabwe in Bikita East on Saturday arrested our change champions for conducting a party meeting. The arrested members are; Zebron Gumireshe (36 yrs), Petros Honye (69yrs),Levy Vhundukai (42yrs), Rumbidzai Kusakara (33yrs) and Rosalia Svaruka (46yrs).
</blockquote>
This report comes when the party is calling for the release of its Members of Parliament, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> (Chitungwiza North) and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> (Zengeza West) as well as 14 Nyatsime activists who were arrested in June over the 14 June 2022 violence which erupted at the funeral wake of slain CCC activist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali.</a>
The opposition party claims that its members are being arrested on trumped-up charges adding that the arrests are political.
<h2><a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h2>

Five CCC Activists Arrested "For Conducting A Party Meeting"

Opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> national spokesperson, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Fadzayi_Mahere">Fadzayi Mahere</a> has accused the ZANU PF government of weaponising the law to attack political opponents.
She speaks as dozens of CCC activists including Members of Parliament <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> (Zengeza West) and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> (Chitungwiza North) are in jail for “political reasons” according to their party.
They were arrested in June over the 14 June Nyatsime violence that erupted during the funeral wake of slain CCC activist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a>.
In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, advocate Mahere said the detentions were a sign that the ZANU PF government was “dying.” She said:
<blockquote>
Say their names. Detention without trial has no place in a democratic society. Silencing opponents by throwing them in jail is the biggest sign of a dying regime. Stop weaponizing the law to attack political opponents.
</blockquote>
Critics say the arrests are meant to silence the opposition.
Meanwhile, the ruling party has always denied the allegations saying the judiciary is independent.
A few weeks ago, constitutional expert and leader of the opposition<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/National_Constitutional_Assembly"> National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)</a>, Professor <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lovemore_Madhuku">Lovemore Madhuku</a>, claimed that Sikhala and colleagues were <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/09/06/madhuku-says-sikhala-sithole-nyatsime-activists-are-victims-of-their-parties-refusal-to-dialogue-with-ed/">victims of their party’s refusal to dialogue with president Emmerson Mnangagwa.</a>
His remarks were viewed, by the CCC, as proof that Sikhala was a political prisoner. 
Information secretary, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nick_Mangwana">Nick Mangwana</a>, however, said the <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/information-secretary-mangwana-says-the-president-cant-go-into-conflict-with-courts/">president would not interfere with the courts.</a>
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Mahere Says Govt Should "Stop Weaponizing The Law To Attack Political Opponents"

Opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a>‘s national spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere has rubbished advice by Professor <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lovemore_Madhuku">Lovemore Madhuku</a> for the party to dialogue with President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> to secure bail for Job Sikhala.
<h2>What Madhuku said:</h2>
Commenting on the prolonged detention of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> (Zengeza West MP), <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> (Chitungwiza North MP) and 13 Nyatsime residents, Madhuku said they were victims of their party’s refusal to participate in the national dialogue.
They were arrested and jailed in June over the 14 June 2022 violence which erupted during the funeral wake of slain <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a>, a CCC activist. Madhuku told Citizens Voice Network recently:
<blockquote>
They’re now victims of their own political party that refuses to dialogue. That refused to be part of POLAD. I think that if there were issues to do with the perception which is strongly coming out that this is political perception, what would stop the party to which they belong from having an audience with the president? The role of the president there is not to interfere with the courts but it would be to engage with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)… The NPA is the one who would consent to bail, make arrangements for an early trial and so on. Every political leader ought to know that these issues are political… Job Sikhala, Sithole and Nyatsime people are now victims of the failure by their party to know that Politics is about engagement. 
</blockquote>
Pindula News earlier posted the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/09/06/madhuku-says-sikhala-sithole-nyatsime-activists-are-victims-of-their-parties-refusal-to-dialogue-with-ed/">video in which Madhuku speaks</a> on the matter. In response to Madhuku’s advice, Mahere said bail was a Constitutional right and should never be politicised. She said:
<blockquote>
But @ProfMadhuku, is this the Constitutional Law that you taught us? Does the presumption of innocence fall away because one is CCC? What remains of the rule of law if bail is obtained by “political negotiation” whatever that means? Is demanding constitutionalism “arrogant”?
So we are supposed to humble ourselves &amp; beg ED for citizens to be released, then ED calls the judges &amp; tells them to grant bail? Is that how it works? Ityai Mwari. [Fear God].
It would set a dangerous precedent if the right to bail for CCC members became a political question as opposed to a constitutional one. CCC members should be granted bail per the Constitution like Wadyajena did. It can’t depend on negotiating with ED or holding a mass protest.
Whether or not you like the CCC, don’t weaponize the law against opponents or gamble with Constitutional rights as a bargaining chip. That’s not the way of constitutionalism. Values matter.
Ask people who have left the regime. They will tell you that it’s integral for every person to have equal protection of the law, even when they’re not in favour with political elites. The right to equal protection of the law despite your political affiliation is sacrosanct.
Constitutionally, the judiciary is independent. Their high offices must be respected. Politicians have no right to interfere with the work of judicial officers. For any person to suggest that this is what should happen is regrettable &amp; offensive to constitutional democracy.
The Constitution is supreme – over politicians, over personal opinions &amp; over our like or dislike of any person. In the new Zimbabwe, constitutional rights will be respected even as against our political opponents or unpopular litigants. That’s the essence of the rule of law.
</blockquote>
<h2>Some Context:</h2>
The CCC party morphed from the MDC Alliance which has since 2019 been refusing to join the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/POLAD_(Political_Actors_Dialogue)">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> platform initiated by President Mnangagwa to “find solutions to the country’s socio-economic and political crises”.
MDC Alliance has been arguing that the platform was only meant to legitimise Mnangagwa whom they accuse of conniving with the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Electoral_Commission">Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)</a> to manipulate the 2018 presidential election. 
Chamisa has been under heavy criticism for not doing enough to push for the release of the two legislators and the Nyatsime activists.
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Mahere Rubbishes Madhuku's Advice To "Dialogue With ED" Says "Bail Is A Constitutional Right"

The leader of the opposition National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), Professor <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lovemore_Madhuku">Lovemore Madhuku</a> has said <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a>, and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> are victims of their party’s refusal to participate in the national dialogue.
He speaks as Sikhala, a Member of Parliament for Zengeza West and Sithole, the legislator for Chitungwiza North and 13 Nyatsime residents are in jail over the 14 June 2022 violence which erupted during the funeral wake of slain <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a>, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist.
Their party morphed from the MDC Alliance which has since 2019 been refusing to join the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/POLAD_(Political_Actors_Dialogue)">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> platform initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to find solutions to the country’s socio-economic and political crises.
MDC Alliance has been arguing that the platform was only meant to legitimise Mnangagwa whom they accuse of conniving with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to manipulate the 2018 presidential election.
Madhuku says the party’s refusal to join POLAD is one of the factors why the detained politicians are not getting bail. Madhuku told Citizens Voice Network:
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The remedy there has always been clear. The positions that you have seen, the Nyatsime 16 as you put that out, and the issues you’ve raised about Job Sikhala, I think this could have been resolved by a dialogue process. They’re now victims of their own political party that refuses to dialogue. That refused to be part of POLAD. I think that if there were issues to do with the perception which is strongly coming out that this is political perception, what would stop the party to which they belong from having an audience with the president? The role of the president there is not to interfere with the courts but it would be to engage with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)… The NPA is the one who would consent to bail, make arrangements for an early trial and so on. Every political leader ought to know that these issues are political… Job Sikhala, Sithole and Nyatsime people are now victims of the failure by their party to know that Politics is about engagement. Politics is not always about fighting and if they had good leadership in that party they would be out by now. If you make it a political issue, you engage other political players. 
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Courts argue that Job Sikhala is being denied bail because he broke the previous bail conditions and at some point, he evaded the police until he was found in the ceiling of a house in Tynwald, Harare. 
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Madhuku Says Sikhala, Sithole, Nyatsime Activists Are Victims Of Their Parties' Refusal To Dialogue With ED

Zengeza West Member of Parliament, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a> has claimed that he is not feeling well, according to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Fadzayi_Mahere">Fadzayi Mahere</a>, the national spokesperson of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).
Mahere said plans were underway to ensure the former MDC 99 leader receives medication from private health practitioners. Mahere, a lawyer, wrote on Twitter this Monday:
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Hon Job Sikhala reports that he is feeling weak and has a burning sensation in his stomach. Arrangements are being made for him to receive private medical attention. The bottom line is that he must be accorded his constitutional right to bail.
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Freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker, Hopewell Chin’ono yesterday said Sikhala’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa had been asked to call a private doctor to attend to the politician who was vomiting. 
He also claimed that Sikhala’s wife had confirmed that she also got a call letting her know that Sikhala was vomiting.
Chin’ono added that Sikhala was suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea and was unable to walk. 
Sikhala was arrested together with 15 other CCC activists over the 14 June violence which erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain colleague Moreblessing Ali. 
He has repeatedly been denied bail by both Magistrate Court and the High Court.
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Fadzayi Mahere Issues Update On Job Sikhala's Health Condition

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">Nelson Chamisa</a> who leads the opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> has said the state was abusing and weaponising the law by denying bail to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sikhala</a>, the Zengeza West Member of Parliament.
Chamisa, a former minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services during the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Government_of_National_Unity">Government of National Unity (GNU)</a> made the remarks on Tuesday after Magistrate Sternford Mambanje had <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/08/31/zengeza-west-mp-job-sikhala-denied-bail-again-2/">denied Sikhala bail.</a> Chamisa said:
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I’ve just been here at the Magistrates Court since 2 pm for the #FreeWiwa bail ruling. Bail denied again. This is pure abuse &amp; weaponizing of the law. The #Nyatsime16 detention is oppressive and despotic. The Zimbabwean supreme law makes bail a constitutional right.
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In court, prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti who was representing the state said Sikhala’s continued detention was justifiable considering the seriousness of the offence he is facing. He added:
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There is nothing political about this prosecution and we deny such allegations by the accused.
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Sikhala and 13 other members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) were arrested in June over the 14 June violence that erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a>, a CCC activist.
Sikhala has been at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Chikurubi_Maximum_Security_Prison">Chikurubi Maximum Prison</a> since then as courts have continuously denied him bail.
CCC says charges against its members were trumped up and also accuses the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) of being biased towards the ruling party saying members of the ruling party are not being arrested even when they commit violence in broad daylight.
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Chamisa Says The State Is Abusing And Weaponizing The Law In Job Sikhala's Case

A Harare magistrate Tuesday dismissed a bail application by Zengeza West Member of Parliament, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala">Job Sihkala</a>, in a case he is accused of obstructing the course of justice.
Magistrate, Stenford Mambanje cited that no new facts had been put before him to revisit his last ruling. In passing the ruling, the magistrate said ‘new’ facts submitted by Sikhala had not changed the basis upon which bail was initially refused. <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/exasperation-sikhala-in-another-foiled-freedom-bid/">NewZimbabwe.com</a> cites Mambanje as saying:
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Having given due consideration to the facts of this case, and the applicable legal principles, l am satisfied that the applicant has not discharged the burden to satisfy me that there has been an exceptional change in circumstances warranting that l review in his favour the order previously made by this court denying the applicant bail pending trial. 
These new facts have not changed the basis upon which bail was initially refused, it is for these reasons that this application must fail.
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Sikhala’s lawyer, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Beatrice_Mtetwa">Beatrice Mtetwa</a> had argued that there was no likelihood that Sikhala would interfere with the State’s investigations and that the passage of time was enough for the court to revisit its ruling.
Mtetwa also told the court that, the State only based its opposition on the basis that the lawmaker had violated a bail condition, and yet they had not provided any evidence of that to the court. She argued:
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The investigating officer in this matter based his opposition on the ground of violation of a bail condition. However, the State has failed to place the evidence of the bail violations before the court.
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In response, the State, represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti, said Sikhala’s continued detention was justifiable considering the seriousness of the offence he is facing. He added:
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There is nothing political about this prosecution and we deny such allegations by the accused.
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<h2>Background:</h2>
Sikhala and 13 other members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) were arrested in June over the 14 June violence that erupted in Nyatsime during the funeral wake of slain <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a>, a CCC activist. 
Sikhala has been at Chikurubi Maximum Prison since then as courts have continuously denied him bail.
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Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala Denied Bail Again

Human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says the continued detention of two legislators<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Job_Sikhala"> Job Sikhala</a> (Zengeza West) and <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Sithole">Godfrey Sithole</a> (Chitungwiza North) is political persecution.
The duo was arrested in June over the 14 June Nyatsime violence which erupted in the funeral wake of the slain <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> activist <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a>.
They were arrested together with 13 others and they have been in prison since then as the courts have on several occasions denied them bail.
Speaking to Alpha Media Holdings’ Heart &amp; Soul television (HStv) last Thursday, Mtetwa said the State was targeting Sikhala due to his political activism. She said:
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Godfrey and the others are now victims of clearly Job (Sikhala) being the target, but their morale is high. Job is a politician, and he believes in what he believes in. But he ought not to be in prison for doing what he was doing as a lawyer appointed by the Ali family. The reason they have not been given bail is because they know they will not get convicted. The idea is to make them serve the sentence. They know they don’t have the evidence to prove the cases against them.
Zimbabwe has returned to the early stages where there was detention without trial of opposition members. We are not different from the time when the Zapu leadership (then led by the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo) was in detention without trial.
The difference now is that there is a veneer of legality in trying to take these people to court as if there is due process. The bottom line is those people are in custody for no other reason than that they are opposition leaders.
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Mtetwa said the fact that Erica Ndewere, who who got recalled for misconduct, claimed that her troubles started when she gave bail to Job Sikhala suggests why Sikhala was not getting bail.
She added that the country’s judicial officers are afraid of asserting their judicial authority and independence for fear of reprisals from poitical elites.
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