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The vice-chairperson of the opposition MDC, Job Sikhala has been indicted for trial on charges of plotting to remove president Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government from 27 to 31 January 2020 at Masvingo High Court, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reports.<\/p>\n

Sikhala who is being represented by the ZLHR has since\u00a0urged party supporters to attend the hearing<\/a>\u00a0in solidarity with him.<\/p>\n

He said that he and his party were fighting against the system that deprives citizens of their rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n

The Zengeza West legislator was charged with subversion after he allegedly told party supporters at a rally in Bikita Masvingo that the MDC would overthrow Mnangagwa before 2023.<\/p>\n

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The vice-chairperson of the opposition MDC, Job Sikhala has been indicted for trial on charges of plotting to remove president Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government from 27 to 31 January 2020 at Masvingo High Court, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) reports. Sikhala who is being represented by the ZLHR has since\u00a0urged party supporters to attend the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[34,226,88,762],"class_list":{"0":"post-15446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-policy","10":"tag-emmerson-mnangagwa","11":"tag-masvingo","12":"tag-mdc","13":"tag-sikhala"},"yoast_head":"\nSikhala Indicted For Trial On Charges Of Plotting To Dislodge ED From Power - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The vice-chairperson of the opposition MDC, Job Sikhala has been indicted for trial on charges of plotting to remove president Emmerson Mnangagwa\" \/>\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\/sikhala-indicted-for-trial-on-charges-of-plotting-to-dislodge-ed-from-power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sikhala Indicted For Trial On Charges Of Plotting To Dislodge ED From Power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The vice-chairperson of the opposition MDC, Job Sikhala has been indicted for trial on charges of plotting to remove president Emmerson Mnangagwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sikhala-indicted-for-trial-on-charges-of-plotting-to-dislodge-ed-from-power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-01T19:16:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/11\/JOB-SIKHALA-IN-CUFFS-1200x600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sikhala-indicted-for-trial-on-charges-of-plotting-to-dislodge-ed-from-power\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sikhala-indicted-for-trial-on-charges-of-plotting-to-dislodge-ed-from-power\",\"name\":\"Sikhala Indicted For Trial On Charges Of Plotting To Dislodge ED From Power - 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