Opposition figure Job Sikhala is promising to name his would-be assassins in an upcoming South African court case. The former Zimbabwean legislator, out on bail after explosives were found in a car he was using there, claims the incident was a botched hit job orchestrated from Harare. He alleges agents followed him from Botswana and planted the bomb in his uncle's vehicle, later trying to recruit South African intelligence to frame him when the plot failed.
Sikhala called the attempt a sign of a desperate regime panicking and resorting to terrorism. He also referenced a separate incident where he believes he was poisoned by a hotel waiter last October, calling it another hallmark of the evil regime. His home in Chitungwiza was also bombed while he was abroad launching his autobiography. He vows this evidence will emerge at trial, exposing the lengths those in power will go to silence opponents. Sikhala remains in South Africa pending the trial's conclusion, after which he plans to return home, predicting a resurgence of mass opposition to what he labels a dictatorship.
Sikhala called the attempt a sign of a desperate regime panicking and resorting to terrorism. He also referenced a separate incident where he believes he was poisoned by a hotel waiter last October, calling it another hallmark of the evil regime. His home in Chitungwiza was also bombed while he was abroad launching his autobiography. He vows this evidence will emerge at trial, exposing the lengths those in power will go to silence opponents. Sikhala remains in South Africa pending the trial's conclusion, after which he plans to return home, predicting a resurgence of mass opposition to what he labels a dictatorship.
