Online Reporter
Gibson Nyikadzino
Zimpapers Politics Hub
Opposition leader, Professor Welshman Ncube, whose presidency in the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) was declared invalid by the High Court last month, has apologised to interim secretary general, Senator Sengezo Tshabangu, for making a “careless” court challenge against him.
Senator Tshabangu was expelled from the CCC in February, but was reinstated to his post by Judge President Mary Dube on the basis that the disciplinary committee that expelled him was improperly constituted and that Prof Ncube no longer had the mandate and authority to lead the party.
On April 25, Prof Ncube filed a 2087-page urgent court application with the High Court in Harare for the rescission of a judgment that reinstated Senator Tshabangu to his post.
In his founding affidavit, Prof Ncube alleges that he lost the case because the High Court ruled on it as a “default judgement”, while at the same time acknowledging that his heads of argument had technical errors.
Judge President Dube, however, passed judgment based on the technical errors in Prof Ncube’s application; hence the heads of argument were removed and the application was considered invalid.
