MDC A Vice Chairman Sikhala graduates with a Master of Law
Job Sikhala
Firebrand opposition MDC Alliance vice chairman Job Sikhala has graduated with a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Midlands State University (MSU) and his thesis was unsurprisingly ‘politically agitative’.
The Zengeza West legislator announced his good news on Twitter on Friday revealing that his thesis was titled “The right to demonstrate and petition”, while being a Zimbabwean case study.
“After spending much of my 2 years in prison at Chikurubi as a political prisoner I remained focused on my studies. Today I graduated with my Master of Laws (LLM) degree with Midlands State University (MSU) Title of thesis. ‘The right to demonstrate and petition’. Zimbabwe as a case study,” Sikhala said.
Sikhala has finished his studies amid serious monitoring by the state security system because he was arrested last year after being charged with inciting public violence in connection with 31st July anti-government protests which were led by Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume.
He was apprehended together with Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. They spent an average of 45 days at the country’s biggest and most notorious jail, Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison before being granted bail by the High Court in Harare.
Sikhala and Chin’ono were arrested again in January this year and charged with communicating falsehoods through tweeting that a junior police officer had killed a baby with a baton stick.
When the High Court was dealing with the case of Chin’ono during bail, it consented that the law they were being charged with had been struck off and abolished in 2014.
Meanwhile, against these circumstances, Sikhala managed to finish his studies. This is not Sikhala’s first time to achieve academic progress in face of adversity. He completed his A Level studies at Jameson High School in one year.
In 1994, Sikhala paid his examination fees while in lower Sixth and astonished all and sundry by scoring 3Bs in 8 months.
Only two students qualified that year from Jameson High School to enrol at the University of Zimbabwe and the other one was Dr. Steven Maya who became a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Administration at the University of Zimbabwe.
“I didn’t have money to cover two years, but had examination fees and tuition for three terms only,” said Sikhala who produced 12 points before proceeding to the University of Zimbabwe to study Economic History.
—Nehanda Radio/Zimbabwe Observer
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