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Zanu-PF thug runs berserk at NewsDay offices
01 Aug 2011 at 15:27hrs | Views
Zanu-PF activist Emma Machingura - who was splashed on the front page of NewsDay last week as one of the party's supporters who besieged Parliament Building and disrupted the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill public hearings - stormed NewsDay offices on Friday, denying she was violent and demanded a share of the paper's sales after her picture appeared in the paper.
Machingura's arrival at the offices was dramatic. After demanding audience with "the real authorities of the paper", it took Alpha Media Holdings' Human Resources Manager Loud Ramakgapola to cool her down. But this was just the first phase of her antics reports NewsDay.
The activist - who claimed to having been a detainee during the liberation war was entertained by NewsDay Editor Brian Mangwende for about 30 minutes.
Machingura is alleged to have said they entered Parliament Building peacefully, participated in the meeting peacefully and left in peace. No hooliganism ever took place.
"I was shocked to see myself in the paper the following day, being labelled a hooligan", said Muchingura.
The Zanu-PF activist is said to have demanded to see the writer of the story, Senior Parliamentary Reporter Veneranda Langa who was out of office at the time.
Machingura's arrival at the offices was dramatic. After demanding audience with "the real authorities of the paper", it took Alpha Media Holdings' Human Resources Manager Loud Ramakgapola to cool her down. But this was just the first phase of her antics reports NewsDay.
The activist - who claimed to having been a detainee during the liberation war was entertained by NewsDay Editor Brian Mangwende for about 30 minutes.
Machingura is alleged to have said they entered Parliament Building peacefully, participated in the meeting peacefully and left in peace. No hooliganism ever took place.
"I was shocked to see myself in the paper the following day, being labelled a hooligan", said Muchingura.
The Zanu-PF activist is said to have demanded to see the writer of the story, Senior Parliamentary Reporter Veneranda Langa who was out of office at the time.
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