for Bindura South

Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and

2019

Energy in Harare. The meeting was open to
members of the public.
Tafara Chikumira, ZBC

Opposition MDC Alliance security details

24 February

reporter in the Midlands

harassed Chikumira during a rally at Mkoba

2019

Province

Stadium in the Midlands capital of Gweru,
arguing the broadcaster is biased in favour of
Zanu PF.

Lovejoy Mutongwiza,

Summoned to Harare Central Police Station and

29 August

journalist with online

questioned over his coverage of state events

2019

publication 263Chat.

which they police said had an impact on national
security and safety. He was freed after two hours
without charges.

Journalist Ari Goldstein.

Unidentified MDC Alliance personnel grabbed

1 September

Goldstein is the founding

and confiscated his Canon 6D digital camera

2019

journalist with online

during the party’s rally in Glen View, Harare.

publication, State of the
Nation.

BANNED/CENSORED/BARRED
Blessed Mhlanga,

Barred from covering a defence forces

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NewsDay journalist.

graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Staff

November

College. He said officials told him that only

2019

public media journalists from the Herald and
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation were
allowed to cover the event despite the fact that he
had been invited to cover the event.

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