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Godfrey Tsenengamu

Crime Reporter
Former zanu-pf Mashonaland Central youth chairperson Godfrey Tsenengamu was yesterday arrested on fresh charges of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, emanating from statements that he made on a video that is circulating on social media.

Although details were still sketchy by yesterday, sources close to the investigations said Tsenengamu was picked up and taken to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order Section in the morning.

“He has been picked up this morning (yesterday) by detectives from the CID Law and Order Section and taken to Harare Central Police (Station) for another alleged subversion charge emanating from a video he recorded,” said one of the sources.

Early this month, Tsenengamu, who was charged for subverting a constitutionally-elected Government or alternatively undermining the authority of the President, unsuccessfully made an application for refusal of further remand.

Tsenengamu appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Barbara Chimboza for his routine remand and the prosecution sought a further postponement of the matter to June 30.

The prosecutor Mr Sebastian Mutizirwa told the court that the docket was now at the Prosecutor-General’s Office for perusal, but there was an outstanding witness statement, which needed to be obtained from the Daily News.

He said after getting the statement, Tsenengamu would be furnished with his trial date. Through his lawyer, Mr Zivanai Macharaga, Tsenengamu expressed displeasure at the manner in which the State seemed to be dragging its feet in furnishing him with a trial date.

It is the State’s case that on February 20, Tsenengamu convened a public meeting at Media Centre Zimbabwe without notifying the responsible authorities.

The court heard that he went on to publicly and unlawfully make statements urging war veterans across the country to push President Mugabe out of office through unconstitutional means.

He was quoted as saying: “It is time we go open about the succession thing because some of us have since identified our candidate and it’s none other than Emmerson Mnangagwa. If (President) Mugabe does not like him that is up to him, but we are saying we now want him to lead.”