HARARE – Opposition Transform Zimbabwe chief and anti-corruption activist Jacob Ngarivhume has revealed a startling allegation {that a} prosecutor confessed to him that he’s being focused for his battle in opposition to rampant corruption in authorities.

Ngarivhume, who was scheduled to seem in court docket on Thursday, in his New Year’s message, delivered by outstanding journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s Facebook web page, has claimed the prosecutor informed him that so long as he continues to talk out in opposition to corruption, he’ll stay a goal.

Ngarivhume, alongside his co-accused, Bishop Kevin Gonde, have been arrested in August 2024 on fees associated to taking part in a gathering with the intent to advertise public violence and disorderly conduct.

They face fees of throwing stones at police throughout a gathering organized by Jameson Timba in Avondale. However, Ngarivhume claims these fees are false and that he by no means attended the assembly.

He claims the fees are false and politically motivated. According to Ngarivhume, the prosecutor’s alleged admission confirms his suspicions that his persecution is a results of his anti-corruption efforts.

“I hope and wish the best for people who are so much pressed from all corners. May the good Lord give us all peace and prosperity in 2025 going forward,” Ngarivhume said.

“I’m again at Rotten Row Magistrates court docket tomorrow, 9 January 2025, at 9AM, to be exact. Tomorrow is meant to be the start of our trial, along with my co accused Kevin Gonde.

“I solely obtained to know this Bishop after we have been arrested again in August 2024. Before then, we had by no means met, talked, or interacted. This false cost introduced us collectively for the primary time!

“On the cost sheet, the mendacity police allege that we threw stones on the police collectively in Avondale at a gathering organised by Jameson Timba.

“Again, for an extended, very long time, l had not been in a typical place with Timba since 2018 when l solely met him as soon as when he was Morgan Tsvangirai runner for alliance talks.

“I needed to meet him for the primary time in lots of, a few years at Harare Remand earlier than I used to be moved to Chikurubi max jail.

“One prosecutor on the magistrates court docket informed me in confidence on the finish of final yr that VaNgarivhume the rationale you might be again right here is as a result of the authorities proper on the high are very uncomfortable about your battle in opposition to corruption.

“As lengthy as you might be combating corruption, you’ll proceed to be ‘our client here’. He went on to inform me that when l need all this to finish, shut up your mouth about corruption.

“I used to be offended when he informed me that. He in truth informed me plainly that all of them know l was not on the Timba assembly, which he confided to me that in any case there was no offence to be at that assembly.

“The gentleman confirmed what everyone knows that on the magistrates court docket, in the case of political issues, they work on instruction interval.

“It is never about the evidence at hand nor facts presented by the lawyers. It is all about the instruction they receive from the political offices.”

Ngarivhume was detained for 82 days earlier than being launched on bail in October 2024. The High Court overturned a earlier determination denying him bail, ruling that he wouldn’t pose a risk to public security.

Ngarivhume’s case is extensively criticised as being a part of a crackdown on political dissent.