2 October 2017 ARRESTED News Day reporter Kenneth Nyangani; arrested in the eastern border town of Mutare and charged with criminal nuisance after writing a story which alleged that First Lady Grace Mugabe donated second-hand underwear. 5 October 2017 CENSORED Then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s security detail barred the private media from covering a briefing he had convened at his Ministry of Justice offices in Harare. 19 October 2017 ASSAULTED News Day senior reporter Richard Chidza, assaulted and threatened by Zanu PF youths who demanded he revealthe source of a story regarding an alleged fallout within the youth league’s leadership ranks. 3 November 2017 VIOLATION OF PUBLIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Martha O’Donovan of Magamba Network social media outlet; arrested in Harare for allegedly insulting President Robert Mugabe as a “selfish and sick man” in a tweet that allegedly included a photo illustration of him with a catheter. 14 November 2017 ASSAULTED Journalists Columbus Mavhunga and Garikai Fadzi, severely assaulted at Army Headquarters in Harare where they turned up for what was supposed to have been a scheduled conference. The two were treated and discharged from a private hospital after sustaining serious injuries. 14 November 2017 VIOLATION OF PUBLIC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Members of the Criminal Investigations Department seized computers belonging to the social media outlet in connection with a case against its employee, Martha O’Donovan, arrested for insulting then President Mugabe. 15 November 2017 ASSAULTED Some ZBC staffers were reportedly assaulted at ZBC Pockets Hill headquarters in Harare when army personnel stormed the station to announce themilitary intervention which subsequently led to President Robert Mugabe’s resignation.