THREE university students are under prosecution on charges of subverting constitutional government after they allegedly incited fellow scholars to oppose manoeuvres to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidential term to 2030 from 2028 and to commit public violence.
The three Midlands State University (MSU) students namely Milton Muchayana aged 21 years, Anenyasha Moyo aged 22 years and Langton Muhoma aged 22 years, were arrested on 8 August 2025 by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers at the MSU Gweru Campus, and charged with subverting constitutional government as defined in section 22(2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act or alternatively incitement to commit public violence as defined in section 187 as read with section 36(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
In court, prosecutors alleged that Muchayana, Moyo and Muhoma connived to originate information inciting public violence against government, which was inscribed on 12 fliers and was distributed to some MSU students.
Some of the alleged offensive fliers, prosecutors alleged, were inscribed with information which reads; “Call for rebellion against 2030 vision” and “If humanity must thrive, then individuals are compelled to outmanoeuvre others” among other messages.
The prosecutors told the Gweru Magistrates Court that two mobile phone handsets an Honor X6A and an Itel P65, an HP laptop and an Epson printer, which the students allegedly used to originate and print the inciting information, were seized from them and is being held as exhibits and will be used during their trial.
Muchayana, Moyo and Muhoma, prosecutors said, had no lawful right to act in the manner they allegedly did.
Muchayana, Moyo and Muhoma, who are out of custody on bail, which was granted to them by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Regis Dembure after they had spent 14 days in detention and who are represented by Reginald Chidawanyika of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, return to court on 9 October 2025.
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