{"id":75266,"date":"2023-03-13T22:40:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release"},"modified":"2023-03-14T00:48:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T22:48:36","slug":"chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa Says He Engaged Mnangagwa For Sikhala\u2019s Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected claims that he has abandoned jailed Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press briefing in Harare on Thursday, Chamisa claimed that he has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa several times to facilitate Sikhala\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Sikhala has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest on 14 June 2022 for allegedly inciting public violence and obstructing justice.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa said he told Mnangagwa that Sikhala\u2019s continued incarceration has harmed the image of the country. Said Chamisa:<\/p>\n<p>I have even made efforts to write severally to Mr. Mnangagwa to say deal with this Sikhala issue, it is embarrassing us internationally and nationally.<\/p>\n<p>He has chosen not to respond. But I have written to him. I wrote to him in private conversations indicating to him what the issues are, but he did not respond.<\/p>\n<p>I have heard people say that oh Mr. Chamisa is neglecting Sikhala, he is neglecting people. You don\u2019t blame the<\/p>\n<p>victim, the perpetrator is there.<\/p>\n<p>My wallet has been stolen, instead of blaming me for being stupid, why don\u2019t we together deal with this thief?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where the problem is, do not blame the victim, don\u2019t victimise the victim. I am equally as concerned and as worried.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa said he has been blocked from visiting Sikhala at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, and last saw him at the courts.<\/p>\n<p>He said CCC is missing Sikhala\u2019s hands-on approach in advancing the cause of the opposition party. Said Chamisa:<\/p>\n<p>He is a foot soldier and I would want him to be in the battalion for change. He is not there.<\/p>\n<p>Why is he not there? Because he has been incarcerated. Why has he been incarcerated? Because of trumped-up charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected claims that he has abandoned jailed Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala. Addressing a press briefing in Harare on Thursday, Chamisa claimed that he has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa several times to facilitate Sikhala\u2019s release. Sikhala has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,34,2408,64,19],"class_list":["post-75266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-emmerson-mnangagwa","tag-job-sikhala","tag-nelson-chamisa","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>Chamisa Says He Engaged Mnangagwa For Sikhala\u2019s Release - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected claims that he has abandoned jailed Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala ...\" \/>\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\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chamisa Says He Engaged Mnangagwa For Sikhala\u2019s Release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected claims that he has abandoned jailed Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-13T20:40:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-13T22:48:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678734639.96.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"999\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"522\" \/>\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\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chamisa Says He Engaged Mnangagwa For Sikhala\u2019s Release\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-13T20:40:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-13T22:48:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678734639.96.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Emmerson Mnangagwa\",\"Job Sikhala\",\"Nelson Chamisa\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-says-he-engaged-mnangagwa-for-sikhalas-release\",\"name\":\"Chamisa Says He Engaged Mnangagwa For Sikhala\u2019s Release - 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