Job Sikhala claims he is facing new threats

Job Sikhala’s Claims He is Targeted for Speaking Out

Since his speech, Sikhala has faced ongoing threats and harassment. Already having spent nearly 600 days in prison on charges of inciting public violence, he now confronts the renewed threat of arrest and detention.

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In a post on X, the activist wrote:

I woke up to loads of messages in my inbox from my neighbours and friends that officers from CID Law and Order visited my house in Chitungwiza last night looking for me. Today, I have advised my lawyer Harrison Nkomo to go and inquire from CID Law and Order if they are truly looking for me so that, I can cut short my medical treatment to go back to Zimbabwe and clear my name over my address at the Geneva Summit for Human and Democracy which I gather, is the issue they want to press charges against me.

Sikhala expressed bewilderment over the actions of the state agents: “What also surprises me is that my absence from Zimbabwe for medicals is known by everyone and I wonder why the state agents would go to look for me at my house when they know that I am not in Zimbabwe at the present moment.”

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He attributes these actions to the panic among ZANU PF officials following his Geneva speech. “I honestly do not understand their agenda to arrest me, but be reassured that I will be back as soon as my lawyer confirms that they are truly looking for me to clear my name.”