By Elias Mambo
On Friday, Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of an opposition political party, Transform Zimbabwe, was jailed for an effective three years for inciting violence in 2020.
The conviction comes at a time when another outspoken opposition firebrand, Job Sikhala, is almost clocking a year in prison following his arrest in June last year, again, on allegations of inciting violence.
What is now clear is a pattern which speaks to unending criminalisation of dissenting voices and blatant abuse of the Judiciary as a political weapon of choice.
Elias Mambo: "Mnangagwa wants to run for his second and last term, if the constitution is not butchered to allow him a third term, while Chamisa, buoyed by the recent victories in the by-elections, is adamant that this time around “victory is certain.” Looking at the political set up in Zimbabwe, Hobbes’ ideas on the “consent of the people” and the social contract are reflected in several ways."
As a young citizen of this country, I write in response not only to a well-earned rebuttal towards Sabhuku T. Mliswa, written under your name, but generally, to many other issues you've dutifully raised since the introduction of CAB3.
The ruling ZANU-PF party says there will be no referendum on Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, come hell or thunder. Yet its political actions increasingly resemble a party preparing for one.
Simbarashe Chanachimwe, better known as Dhama, an alleged Mbare drug dealer arrested in 2023 and now serving as a councillor, has been named in fresh allegations by Zimdancehall artist Malloti Rose, who claims that authorities are turning a blind eye not only to him but also to other influential figures allegedly controlling Harare’s drug trade.
