Paddington Japajapa

Paddington Japajapa
Occupation	Evangilist , Political Activist
Organization	Dancers Association of Zimbabwe
Political party	MDC Alliance

Paddington Japajapa is a Zimbabwean Evangelist, board chairman of the Dancers Association of Zimbabwe and political activist allegedly aligned to the MDC Alliance. Japapa was invited by The Motlanthe Commission to give testimony over the post-election violence that resulted in 6 people dying.

Personal Details

No information was found on his age, place of birth, or family.

School / Education

No information was found on his Junior or High School, or any tertiary education.

Service/Career

In the 2000 Elections, (see A History of Zimbabwean Elections) Dzivarasekwa returned to Parliament:

• Edwin Mushoriwa of MDC with 18 516 votes,
• Omega Hungwe of Zanu PF with 6 083 votes,
• Wailes Chapariza Nyaguhwa, Independent, with 584 votes,
• Paddington Japajapa, Independent, with 173 votes,
• Edson Wadyehwata, Independent, with 122 votes,
• Nyasha Chikoore of UP with 120 votes.

Events

Arrest

Japajapa was arrested in Gweru for allegedly inciting the political violence which rocked Harare on 1 August 2018. Japajapa was charged with contravening section 36 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23 through incitement to commit public violence but he denied the charges.

It was the state's case that Japajapa held a Press conference at a time election results were being announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and threatened to call for chaos, claiming the elections had been rigged.

Japajapa was released on $100 bail.