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Zanu-PF youth threatens journalist
27 Jun 2018 at 10:31hrs | Views
Miriam Mangwaya, a reporter with The Mirror weekly newspaper was on 26 June 2018 threatened and harassed by a Zanu-PF youth while travelling from the burial of Chief Hama in Zimbabwe's Chirumanzi district.
Mangwaya told MISA Zimbabwe that one of the youths whom she identified, accused her of being among some of the journalists that write negatively about Zanu-PF. She was travelling in a Mvuma Primary School minibus together with three Zanu PF youths and other passengers after the chief's burial.
The youth reportedly grabbed her by the collar of her jacket and tore her news diary in the process. A government official who was also travelling with them, however, managed to restrain the youth.
"He said they (youths) will not tolerate journalists that distort information and threatened to deal with them," said Mangwaya.
She reported the incident at Mvuma police station under RRB Number 3397382. Nkulumani Mlambo, editor of The Mirror, confirmed their reporter had alerted them of the incident.
Mangwaya told MISA Zimbabwe that one of the youths whom she identified, accused her of being among some of the journalists that write negatively about Zanu-PF. She was travelling in a Mvuma Primary School minibus together with three Zanu PF youths and other passengers after the chief's burial.
"He said they (youths) will not tolerate journalists that distort information and threatened to deal with them," said Mangwaya.
She reported the incident at Mvuma police station under RRB Number 3397382. Nkulumani Mlambo, editor of The Mirror, confirmed their reporter had alerted them of the incident.
Source - MISA
