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Journalism is not a crime, free Mhlanga.
25 Feb 2025 at 20:48hrs | Views
It is savage and an attack on the free press that Blessed Mhlanga is being held in custody.
The media's mission is to amuse, educate, and inform. Without fear, harassment, or intimidation, the media should be free to fulfil its constitutional job.
Gagging and choking the fourth estate are once again the regime's frightening strategies. Mr. Government, journalism is not a crime.
There was no crime committed by Blessed Mhlanga. When Emmerson Mnangagwa ousted the late Robert Mugabe from office in 2017, his campaigners also employed the same Alpha Media Holdings, but no one was arrested.
Blessed Geza is a Zanu-PF central committee member. He could have used the ZBC channel to express his ideas, but he realised the institution had been controlled and he would not have the opportunity; instead, he chose Alpha Media Holdings. Thus, the beauty of media plurality.
He is the result of the pressers that Christopher Mutsvangwa and his group put on him. Newsday covered them before, during, and after the coup, so why is Mhlanga being arrested now?
Mhlanga was simply a conduit for Blessed "Bombshell" Geza's message, which recently called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign, citing a slew of claims.
It is completely ludicrous to accuse him of sending data communications that promote violence in violation of Section 164 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. The Zanu PF administration has threatened to kill Nelson Chamisa, but no one was arrested. This is nothing compared to what we have seen. The law's selective application is still in place.
Zimbabwe has now become a banana republic. The cycle continues when they refuse to release him on bond, which leads to his extended detention until the case is dismissed for lack of evidence, but one would have been imprisoned.
There is a siege of the media. A country must expand its media landscape and permit the free exchange of opposing viewpoints in order to further its growth. Threatening members of the media or journalists is a surefire way to fail in any democracy.
Email: konileonard606@gmail.com
X—@Leokoni
The media's mission is to amuse, educate, and inform. Without fear, harassment, or intimidation, the media should be free to fulfil its constitutional job.
Gagging and choking the fourth estate are once again the regime's frightening strategies. Mr. Government, journalism is not a crime.
There was no crime committed by Blessed Mhlanga. When Emmerson Mnangagwa ousted the late Robert Mugabe from office in 2017, his campaigners also employed the same Alpha Media Holdings, but no one was arrested.
Blessed Geza is a Zanu-PF central committee member. He could have used the ZBC channel to express his ideas, but he realised the institution had been controlled and he would not have the opportunity; instead, he chose Alpha Media Holdings. Thus, the beauty of media plurality.
He is the result of the pressers that Christopher Mutsvangwa and his group put on him. Newsday covered them before, during, and after the coup, so why is Mhlanga being arrested now?
It is completely ludicrous to accuse him of sending data communications that promote violence in violation of Section 164 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. The Zanu PF administration has threatened to kill Nelson Chamisa, but no one was arrested. This is nothing compared to what we have seen. The law's selective application is still in place.
Zimbabwe has now become a banana republic. The cycle continues when they refuse to release him on bond, which leads to his extended detention until the case is dismissed for lack of evidence, but one would have been imprisoned.
There is a siege of the media. A country must expand its media landscape and permit the free exchange of opposing viewpoints in order to further its growth. Threatening members of the media or journalists is a surefire way to fail in any democracy.
Email: konileonard606@gmail.com
X—@Leokoni
Source - Byo24News
