Blessing Mhembere (22) was charged with incitement to
subvert a constitutional government when he appeared before Harare magistrate
Mrs Appollonia Marutya.
He was remanded in custody pending bail determination.
The State alleges that on Friday, last week at around 11am,
at Makoni Shopping Centre bus terminus in Chitungwiza, Mhembere was moving
around the terminus shouting on top of his voice, repeatedly uttering the
following words:
“MaZimbabwe handei tinobvisa vaMnangagwa President tomorrow
25 November, 2023, tinobvisa. Tinoda kunobvisa Zanu PF kana pane vane pfuti
uyai nadzo ndinogona kudzisevenzesa uyai nadzo,” loosely translated to say:
“Zimbabweans, tomorrow, 25 November 2023, let’s go and
remove President Mnangagwa. We want to remove Zanu PF. If there is anyone who
have guns, you can bring them as I am able to operate them. Bring them.”
The State alleges that when Mhembere uttered these words,
he was advocating or urging the general populace to put pressure on the
Government through the use of force or violence and civil disobedience to
overthrow the constitutionally-elected Government of Zimbabwe.
Police received information about what Mhembere was doing
and they found him still making the same utterances, leading to his arrest. Ms
Dzidzai Josiah appeared for the State. Herald
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