{"id":105057,"date":"2025-02-22T10:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:59:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:59:34","slug":"tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court","title":{"rendered":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &#8220;Kangaroo Court&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejected his expulsion from the party, describing the disciplinary process as a \u201csham\u201d and a \u201ckangaroo court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tshabangu\u2019s expulsion was announced on Wednesday by the CCC, led by Welshman Ncube, following a disciplinary hearing held on February 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing concluded that Tshabangu had violated the party\u2019s constitution and shown disrespect toward its leadership.<\/p>\n<p>CCC spokesperson Willias Madzimure confirmed that Tshabangu was found guilty on all four charges presented during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tshabangu\u2019s camp swiftly dismissed the expulsion, claiming the process was flawed and lacked transparency.<\/p>\n<p>His spokesperson, Nqobizitha Mlilo, told CITE that the disciplinary hearing was illegitimate and questioned its fairness. He said:<\/p>\n<p>This is a rather strange process. In any disciplinary hearing where the accused is found guilty, two things must happen: the disciplinary committee must deliver a reasoned judgment outlining the facts and legal basis of the decision, and the guilty party must be given an opportunity to present mitigating arguments before sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Mlilo argued that a prosecutor should then present arguments for a harsher sentence if warranted. He added:<\/p>\n<p>Only after these steps does the disciplinary committee hand down a sentence in a reasoned judgment. It is certainly not done through a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tshabangu has not received a reasoned judgment. The standard processes of mitigation and aggravation of sentences did not take place and clearly will not.<\/p>\n<p>When we say this disciplinary hearing was a sham and a kangaroo court, this is exactly what we mean.<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, the statement made by Mr. Madzimure is not worth a yawn. Senator Tshabangu has better things to do with his time than to play marbles with argumentative busybodies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejected his expulsion from the party, describing the disciplinary process as a \u201csham\u201d and a \u201ckangaroo court.\u201d Tshabangu\u2019s expulsion was announced on Wednesday by the CCC, led by Welshman Ncube, following a disciplinary hearing held on February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":105056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[9364,16432,17989,15360,2233,19],"class_list":["post-105057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ccc-factionalism","tag-ccc-factions","tag-kangaroo-court","tag-sengezo-tshabangu","tag-welshman-ncube","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &quot;Kangaroo Court&quot; - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejecte ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &quot;Kangaroo Court&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejecte ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T08:29:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T21:59:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"818\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &#8220;Kangaroo Court&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T08:29:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T21:59:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CCC Factionalism\",\"CCC Factions\",\"Kangaroo Court\",\"Sengezo Tshabangu\",\"Welshman Ncube\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\",\"name\":\"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A \\\"Kangaroo Court\\\" - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T08:29:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T21:59:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejecte ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":818,\"caption\":\"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A \\\"Kangaroo Court\\\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &#8220;Kangaroo Court&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A \"Kangaroo Court\" - zimbabwe","description":"Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejecte ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A \"Kangaroo Court\"","og_description":"Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejecte ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2025-02-22T08:29:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-26T21:59:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":818,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &#8220;Kangaroo Court&#8221;","datePublished":"2025-02-22T08:29:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T21:59:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court"},"wordCount":311,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg","keywords":["CCC Factionalism","CCC Factions","Kangaroo Court","Sengezo Tshabangu","Welshman Ncube","Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court","name":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A \"Kangaroo Court\" - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-22T08:29:09+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T21:59:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed Interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rejecte ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1740208567.064727.jpg","width":1200,"height":818,"caption":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A \"Kangaroo Court\""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-rejects-expulsion-from-ccc-by-a-kangaroo-court#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tshabangu Rejects Expulsion From CCC By A &#8220;Kangaroo Court&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}