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Arrested New Zealand journalist fined in Zimbabwe
21 Apr 2012 at 06:21hrs | Views
A New-Zealand journalist who was arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post in Zimbabwe has been fined a sum of US$150, the state media reported on Saturday.
The journalist was arrested while working with a Zimbabwean woman on a story about irregular migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The two were intercepted while taking pictures at the border post.
Hammond Robin Nicholas who stays in Cape Town in South Africa was convicted for contravening a section of the Protected Areas and Places Act.
Beitbridge magistrate Mr Carrington Karidzagundi presided over thematter. Nicholas who claims to be a teacher and photographer had been charged for contravening sections of the Protected Areas and Places and Immigration Acts.
His associate Bertha Chiguvare who is employed by Save the Children in Musina South Africa had been charged for breaching a section of theCriminal Law Reform and Codification and the Protected Areas and Places Acts respectively, which were also dropped.
The journalist was arrested while working with a Zimbabwean woman on a story about irregular migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The two were intercepted while taking pictures at the border post.
Hammond Robin Nicholas who stays in Cape Town in South Africa was convicted for contravening a section of the Protected Areas and Places Act.
Beitbridge magistrate Mr Carrington Karidzagundi presided over thematter. Nicholas who claims to be a teacher and photographer had been charged for contravening sections of the Protected Areas and Places and Immigration Acts.
His associate Bertha Chiguvare who is employed by Save the Children in Musina South Africa had been charged for breaching a section of theCriminal Law Reform and Codification and the Protected Areas and Places Acts respectively, which were also dropped.
Source - TH
