Pressure group takes ED to court over senators’ appointment

BULAWAYO, AUG 25, (NewsDay Live)- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s appointment of ten senators has been challenged in the Constitutional Court, with applicants Thamsanqa Ncube and Ibhetshu Likazulu, seeking to have them nullified.

The urgent application, filed under Constitutional Court case number CCZ284/26, was received by the court on August 24 2026.

Ncube and Ibhetshu LikaZulu cited Mnangagwa, Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Minister of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi, Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza as respondents.

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