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Publisher Trevor Ncube sits down to interview outspoken opposition politician Job Sikhala who was recently released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where he spent nearly two years without trial. Ncube asks him about the 595 days he spent in prison, how his oppressors tried to break him, blocking his family from visiting him the first 6 months of detention, surviving isolation and rumours by Counter intelligence Operatives to create hostility between him and Nelson Chamisa.

HARARE – Former Zengeza West opposition MP Job Sikhala has finally been released after almost two years in remand at the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare.

Zimbabwe’s youngest MP Takudzwa Ngadziore (24) recounts how he was abducted by men armed with AK47s in Harare on Wednesday in a suspected case of politically motivated persecution of dissenting voices.

Prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa reacting to Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka’s decision to order her client Marry Mubaiwa to bring evidence that she was operated on her leg. Mtetwa had sought a postponement for the reason that her client was not in the right frame of mind to stand trial on her attempted murder charges. The former model is accused of trying to kill her estranged husband Vice President Constantino Chiwenga by disconnecting his life support while he was in a South African hospital in July 2019.

Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo urges protests in response to rigged elections in Zimbabwe. Mapfumo says 43 years of Zanu PF rule will only end if people take to the streets and reclaim their freedom, “get out of your houses and demonstrate” he says. He says USD$15 billion was looted and Zimbabweans kept quiet and then the Gold Mafia scandal erupted this year and again Zimbabweans kept quiet he says.

Addressing journalists in Harare on Tuesday, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift “Ostallos” Siziba said the plebiscite held last week which resulted in ruling Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa winning the presidential race was flawed and should be declared null and void.

The EU Election Observer Mission has delivered a damning report on the elections in Zimbabwe, confirming what the SADC election observer mission also noted. The head of the EU observer team, Fabio Castaldo said the elections were held in a “climate of fear” and failed to conform to “regional and international standards”.

Addressing journalists in Harare on Wednesday evening, CCC leader Nelson Chamisa said the delay in the delivery of ballot papers was a “clear case of voter suppression, a classic case of Stone Age, antiquated, analogue rigging.”

Chamisa was, however, confident of winning as he told his supporters that: “Funny games or no funny games, our victory is certain. We are going to continue to insist on a credible election and making sure we have a legitimate result out of this election.”

The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) gives an update on the state of play during make or break elections in Zimbabwe. First is spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere and then Chief Elections Agent Charles Kwaramba who lay out the challenges they are facing including long snaking queues, the intimidation of voters via dubious exit polls by state sponsored organisations, traditional leaders shepherding voters among others.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa addressed thousands of party supporters on Monday at what they have dubbed “Freedom Square” in Harare.