“Come to Chiredzi my President”, Mahlabera tweeted in the
build up to the 2018 harmomised elections.
It is this tweet that courted trouble for the prison
officer who was immediately suspended and ultimately dismissed from the service
but despite losing everything, Mahlabera who is now hustling in the streets of
Harare says that his support for Chamisa will never die.
“My crime was supporting my president Nelson Chamisa. I
lost my job because of that but I am not apologetic.
“It is who I am and now I am looking forward. There is no
time to look back because no one can really change my political opinion.
“I have no fixed job at the moment and I am hustling like
most Zimbabweans to provide for my family,” said Mahlabera.
A few weeks after Mahlabera’s tweet, Chamisa headed to
Chiredzi and addressed one of his biggest 2018 campaign rallies in Tshovani
Stadium and Mahlabera was called to the stage where Chamisa paraded him and
praised his gutsy character.
Mahlabera was charged of contravening the Prisons Staff
Disciplinary Regulations of 1984.
Although he pleaded not guilty to the charges, Mahlabera
was found guilty of using ‘disloyal’ or ‘traitorous’ words against President
Emmerson Mnangagwa and contravening Prisons Staff Disciplinary Regulations of 1984 which led to his dismissal.
Mahlabera tried to make an appeal earlier this year but it
was ignored by former prisons boss Paradzai Zimhondi. TellZimNews
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