I have read Mr Hofisi’s full response to the judgment by Zhou J and I have taken pleasure to respond to the submissions and points that he raises therein. (Note this is not a comprehensive response owing to twitter limitations).
The full judgment by Zhou and others is out.
Here is my full response: 5 paragraphs discussing the court's approach to constitutional definitions and human rights enforcement
https://t.co/S4YCfrk3nI
🔸There is comms and there is comms. This is how Senegal announced their World Cup soccer team. Before they’ve kicked a ball, they’ve told you who they are, teeming with national and cultural pride. This is how it’s done.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
The High Court has sentenced three Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members to 22 years and nine months in prison each for the murder of a man during a violent political clash with ZANU PF supporters in Harare.
https://t.co/RvGraZDZrb
HAPPENING NOW: Nurses at Sally Mugabe Hospital, formerly Harare Hospital, have downed tools demanding a salary rise to match the cost of living. This follows an increase of fuel prices from US$1.50 to $2.17 for petrol and almost the same for diesel.
https://t.co/7ofTshoUAb
This is crazy but shows that ZanuPf is far from winning their 2030 agenda to extend the presidential term through constitutional Amendment Number 3.
Abusing the courts to stop the people from exercising their rights to expression is a new low for ZanuPf and it will not work.
This is a signal to amplify and intensify our #NoTo2030 resistance.
Uriri has not been consulted. He will not be consulted. By necessary implication he has not and will not be engaged in accordance with the circumstances that you reference. His personal views on the ongoing processes strictly accords with the law and strict fidelity to the text of the Constitution: in short he refuses to take the bait to publicly express the import of the text of the constitution and give you a basis for assigning him a “faction.”
I'm not even arguing the point whether ED is doing a great job or not.Maybe he is. Maybe he isn't.Who gets to say he does?On what metrics?That's not even the point. Even if we assume he is, he must serve his term & rest. Someone else "must be chosen" in his place to lead. Simple!
#BhaskorONews!!
Hon. @DubekoSibanda has filed a court application to defend the Constitution. Below is the link to the application. #NoTo2030 !!
https://t.co/Fv1D6L0YtG
Our goal is not to be crowned champions of insults and expletives. It is to ensure that we provide a platform for all those who felt they needed likeminded people to do something about 2030. Our agreement is to have a culture that diverges from what we have always hated - intolerance.
We are focusing on engaging and listening. We are building an army of defenders in a hostile context but we don't want our muscle memory to define what we look like. We are trying to deliberately build a movement that everyone feels comfortable to express themselves without fear of friendly fire or retribution.
We don't have all the answers nor strategies but we know some of you here have better ideas. We should be free to interrogate our ideas, heated as it may become but remain free and comfortable in disagreement.
The goal is to de-escalate all the time and remain focused on executing on the strategies we are building to resist this attempt to shred the constitution we fought hard to rewrite.
Again, if we are not the vehicle you want, ride another bus and keep moving. YOu cannot afford to do nothing right now. DO SOMETHING!!!!!