connection with the incident. Panashe Makufa, journalist Makufa was assaulted by a plainclothes police officer 18 October with online publication Mail from the law and order section while taking pictures of 2018 and Telegraph. the police as they arrested illegal foreign currency dealers at the Road Port regional bus terminus in Harare Hubert Sithole and Panashe Makufa, journalists with online publication Mail and Telegraph Assaulted by the police who also confiscated their 11 December equipment while covering intra-party clashes among 2018 MDC Alliance supporters in a car park outside Harare Central Police Station. THREATENED/HARRASSED Victim/Concerned party Issue Date TellZim and The Mirror Zanu PF political commissar Omega Hungwe warned 21 January based in the southern town journalists in the southern town against reporting her 2018 of Masvingo remarks on how her party would win the 2018 elections. TellZim journalists Threatened by MDC-T councillors Murangamwa 21 Chanyau and Peter Chigaba following publication of a 2018 story on 15 March 2018 detailing how the party in Masvingo was allegedly planning to replace all sitting councillors with new ones. March Miriam Magwaya, reporter Threatened and harassed by a Zanu PF youth while 26 June 2018 with The Mirror. travelling from the burial of Chief Hama in Zimbabwe’s Chirumanzi district. Joseph Cotteril, Southern A soldier wielding an AK assault rifle threatened him 1 August Africa correspondent with while covering riotous demonstrations in Harare. 2018 the Financial Times Philemon Jambaya, Threatened by Zanu PF supporters and councillors 4 September freelance journalist against taking pictures of protests that broke out during 2018 the Chitungwiza municipality mayoral elections. Tatenda Chitagu, NewsDay MDC Alliance councillor threatened and snatched 5 September Chitagu’s cellphone as he filmed protests during 2018 journalist mayoral elections in the southern town of Masvingo. Journalist Zenzele Ndebele Questioned by the police about his documentary on the 17 September early 1980s army atrocities in the Midlands and 2018 Matabeleland regions. 21