ZBC bureau chief

were that on February 2007
he, together with William
Gumbo, facilitated the entry of
Peter Moyo, an accredited
South African based journalist
with
E-TV into Chiadzwa
diamond mining fields in
Manicaland. Mutare provincial
Magistrate Chipadze refused
to remove Neshamba from
remand on charges of abuse
of office as a public officer but
allowed for a longer remand
period to 12 January 2009.
Davison Maruziva, editor of
They were jointly charged for 8 August 2008
The Standard, The Standard communicating falsehoods,
newspaper and Professor
prejudicial to the State and
Mutambara, faction leader of contempt of court. The
the Movement for Democratic charges arise from the
Change
publication of an opinion piece
written by professor
Mutambara. Maruziva and
others who were not due in
court until 28 August made an
unscheduled appearance in
court upon which they applied
to have the matter postponed
as Mutambara was due to
travel to Denver in Colorado
for the 2008 International
Leaders Forum running
between 24 and 28 August
2008. The State did not
oppose the application.
Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi,
freelance journalist

Mukwazhi left for South Africa 8 August 2008
with his family after being
assaulted by the police
officials who confiscated his
car on allegations that it was
not properly registered. The
police also accused him of
travelling and covering the
opposition MDC leader,
Morgan Tsvangirayi, in the run
up to the March 29

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