{"id":20309,"date":"2020-03-04T21:45:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=20309"},"modified":"2020-03-04T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:45:25","slug":"state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal","title":{"rendered":"State Appeals Job Sikhala\u2019s Acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state is appealing the acquittal of MDC Zengeza West legislator\u00a0Job Sikhala<\/a>\u00a0who was found not guilty on subversion charges in Masvingo a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Part of the papers circulating on social media reads in part:<\/p>\n

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE HELD AT HARARE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

In the matter between<\/p>\n

PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE
\nAND
\nJOB SIKHALA<\/p>\n

CASE NO. SC \/20 Case Ref no. HMA 04\/20 CRB 04\/20<\/p>\n

APPLICANT\u2019S FOUNDING AFFIDAVIT
\nI the undersigned JUSTIN ULADI do hereby make oath and state that I am the Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions and as such I am authorized to depose to this affidavit in the said capacity on behalf of the applicant, the contents of which to the best of my knowledge and belief are true and correct.<\/p>\n

The applicant herein is the Prosecutor General of Zimbabwe who is the , head of the Notionol Prosecuting Authorit. This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in terms of Section 44 (6)(a) and (b) of the High Court Act, Chapter 7:06.<\/p>\n

Applicant seeks leave to appeal against the decision of the High Court which was handed down by ho Lordship Mawadze J on the 14\u2019\u00b0 February 2020 under cases numbers HMA 04\/20 and CRB 04\/20. Respondent was arraigned before the High Court sitting at Masvingo charged with the crime of subverting a constitutional government as defined in Section 22 of the Criminal Loss Codification and Reform Act,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The state is appealing the acquittal of MDC Zengeza West legislator\u00a0Job Sikhala\u00a0who was found not guilty on subversion charges in Masvingo a few weeks ago. Part of the papers circulating on social media reads in part: IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE HELD AT HARARE In the matter between PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE AND JOB […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[226,88,762],"class_list":["post-20309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-masvingo","tag-mdc","tag-sikhala"],"yoast_head":"\nState Appeals Job Sikhala\u2019s Acquittal - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The state is appealing the acquittal of MDC Zengeza West legislator\u00a0Job Sikhala\u00a0who was found not guilty on subversion charges\" \/>\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\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Appeals Job Sikhala\u2019s Acquittal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The state is appealing the acquittal of MDC Zengeza West legislator\u00a0Job Sikhala\u00a0who was found not guilty on subversion charges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-04T19:45:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/JOB-SIKHALA_1_1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"727\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"524\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"State Appeals Job Sikhala\u2019s Acquittal\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-04T19:45:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2018\/12\/JOB-SIKHALA_1_1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Masvingo\",\"MDC\",\"Sikhala\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/state-appeals-job-sikhalas-acquittal\",\"name\":\"State Appeals Job Sikhala\u2019s Acquittal - 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