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Zimbabwe police arrest a New Zealand journalist
20 Apr 2012 at 07:44hrs | Views
Police have arrested a New Zealand journalist and a Zimbabwean woman at Beitbridge Border Post while illegally working on a story on irregular migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa.
They were intercepted on Monday morning while taking pictures at the border post.
Hammond Robin Nicholas who stays in Cape Town in South Africa and Bertha Chiguvare who is employed by Save the Children in Musina, South Africa had entered the country as visitors on holiday on Sunday morning.
Nicholas who claims to be a teacher and photographer is being charged for contravening Sections of the Protected Areas and Places and Immigration Acts.
Chiguvare is facing charges of breaching a section of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification and the Protected Areas and Places Acts respectively.
The duo is expected to appear in court today.
They were intercepted on Monday morning while taking pictures at the border post.
Hammond Robin Nicholas who stays in Cape Town in South Africa and Bertha Chiguvare who is employed by Save the Children in Musina, South Africa had entered the country as visitors on holiday on Sunday morning.
Nicholas who claims to be a teacher and photographer is being charged for contravening Sections of the Protected Areas and Places and Immigration Acts.
Chiguvare is facing charges of breaching a section of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification and the Protected Areas and Places Acts respectively.
The duo is expected to appear in court today.
Source - zimpapers
