{"id":1385,"date":"2025-11-12T12:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:14:48","slug":"zinasu-demands-release-of-abducted-cut-student-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewasupost.co.zw\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/zinasu-demands-release-of-abducted-cut-student-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"ZINASU demands release of abducted CUT student leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kandishaya dismisses abduction claims as false, accuses union of misinformation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Fanuel Chinowaita<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harare | 11 November 2025<\/strong> – THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has demanded the immediate release of two Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) student leaders, Lindon and Malvin, who were allegedly abducted while campaigning in a Students Representative Council (SRC) election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued yesterday, Zinasu condemned what it described as \u201ca brazen act of banditry\u201d and accused suspected state agents of targeting students engaged in campus politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe two student leaders were snatched away in front of dozens of witnesses in a brazen act of banditry that has instilled fear and exposed the modus operandi of a rogue regime scared of open contestation of ideas,\u201d the union said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zinasu blamed elements within the ruling Zanu PF Youth League for the alleged abductions, naming political commissar Taurai Kandishaya as being involved. The union accused Kandishaya of having a \u201csordid history\u201d of threatening citizens who hold opposing political views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn SRC election is supposed to give young people a glimpse into leadership, but rogue elements in power are using state resources to silence dissenting voices,\u201d Zinasu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The student body claimed the latest abductions mirror a broader pattern of repression, drawing parallels with the unresolved disappearance of pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara in 2015. Zinasu also accused CUT authorities of colluding with political actors to intimidate students, saying the university \u201cportrays itself as neutral while working with the regime behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Declaring that the situation had reached a \u201cboiling point,\u201d Zinasu president Emmanuel Sitima vowed that the union would continue to pressure authorities until the missing students are found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have drawn a line in the sand and will respond with the language they understand the most until our comrades are safely returned,\u201d Sitima said. \u201cZimbabwe is not for them, but for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to the allegations in a Facebook post, Kandishaya dismissed the claims as \u201cfalse and politically motivated,\u201d accusing the student union of attempting to mislead the public for sympathy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI recently came across an online news article claiming that two Chinhoyi University students were abducted and beaten, and I’m shocked to see that Sitima is alleging my involvement,\u201d Kandishaya wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that the opposition is resorting to spreading false information, as they have done in the past when faced with unfavorable election outcomes, in an attempt to garner sympathy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kandishaya said one of the alleged victims, Lindon Zanga, was known to him personally and had not been harmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the record, Lindon Zanga is my boy (little brother). I met him on Sunday when I addressed students at CUT, and we had a pleasant, non-political conversation, even sharing a meal together at Orangegrove,\u201d he said. \u201cStop dragging the young man\u2019s name through the mud; don\u2019t expose him to unnecessary prosecution for lying.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further accused Zinasu of neglecting its members and misusing union funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow I see why the boys are crying against ill treatment from the current Zinasu leadership. You don\u2019t care about their welfare; you\u2019re starving them of funding that was allocated to your union,\u201d Kandishaya wrote, adding that he had even assisted Zanga financially \u201cas a young brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zinasu maintained that it stood by its position and insisted that the matter underscored \u201cgrowing insecurity among those in power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time of publication, CUT officials and law enforcement authorities had not issued any official statements regarding the alleged abductions.
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