Tinaye Agere
Online Reporter
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala and former Chitungwiza Mayor Lovemore Maiko were hauled before a Harare court on Thursday on allegations of disrupting a ZANU PF rally in Chitungwiza in May last year.
The duo is being charged with disorderly conduct.
Their trial, however, failed to kick off after their lawyers indicated that they had not been furnished with papers to prepare for their clients’ defence.
Harare magistrate Mrs Yeukai Dzuda postponed the matter to May 9.
It is the State’s case that on May 2, 2022, at around 10 am, ZANU PF aspiring candidate for Ward 7, Charamba Mlambo, was holding a council by-elections campaign rally at Zengeza 5 open grounds in Chitungwiza.
At around 2pm, Sikhala and Maiko, who were reportedly part of a group that was armed with stones, allegedly approached the gathering and started throwing stones .
Maiko allegedly hit Shepherd Tawodzera on the head and he sustained a cut.
The gathering dispersed as a result.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter