Instilling fear

- Careful what you wish for!
- ‘Don’t mess with the regime’

This is the message the ruling Zanu PF seems to be putting across as prominent opposition figure and Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, continues to languish in prison

Sikhala was jailed on June 14th and has been denied bail eight times. He is accused of inciting public violence over the murder of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Moreblessing Ali. He is jointly charged with a fellow CCC MP and 14 residents of a suburb where Ali lived.

Sikhala also faces a separate charge of obstructing the course of justice as...