Zimbabwe News Update
nehandaradio
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pretoria – zimbabwean opposition politician job sikhala was arrested in pretoria on thursday night after south african police reportedly discovered what they described as explosives in the vehicle he was travelling in. a police memo seen by nehanda radio says they were stopped on the “n14 highway towards johannesburg, after kgosi mampuru correctional centre” and that they arrested “two (2) african males, alexander thema, aged 78 and job sikhala, 53.” the complainant was listed as the “state as per sgt puoane” who alleges that “while patrolling around sector 2 he received tip off about a silver ford fiesta that is transporting explosives. “members of the reaction team then followed the lead and spotted the vehicle matching the description and stopped it.
upon searching 26 blasting cartridges and 15 capped fuses connectors were found.” sikhala, a prominent critic of zimbabwe’s ruling zanu-pf party and a former legislator, has previously been detained multiple times in connection with his political activism. reports circulating among his associates suggest that the incident may have been the result of a setup. according to accounts shared by his family and colleagues including jacob ngarivhume, one of sikhala’s hosts allegedly took the car keys before police later intercepted the vehicle and claimed to have found explosives inside. “i have been informed that job sikhala has been arrested in south africa. mai sikhala told me that while job was at a meeting last night, one of his hosts asked to check something in his car.
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