Obrian Rwafa,assignment news editor with ZBC § Mutimukulu however, professed ignorance of what they meant and added that he did not know which story could have possibly infuriated the bouncers. Obrian Rwafa a news assignment editor with the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation was on 13 December 2008 allegedly abducted and severely assaulted by unknown assailants in Harare 15 December 2008 Harassed / Threats/Kidnapped Victim/concerned party Issue Date Regis Chingawo editor of the Chingawo and journalists at 8 February 2008 Masvingo Mirror the weekly publication in Masvingo were threatened by suspected security agents over articles published in their edition of 8 – 14 February 2008. Two men clad in black suits and dark glasses stormed their newsroom on a Saturday morning demanding to know the sources of two articles published by the paper following the announcement by former Finance Minister Dr Simba Makoni of his presidential ambitions as an independent candidate in the 29 March 2008 elections. The matter was reported to the police in Masvingo Minister of Information and He threatened to sue the 22 February 2008 Publicity Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu weekly Financial Gazette which reported that the minister and ruling Zanu PF politburo member Dumiso Dabengwa had refused to sign President Robert Mugabe’s presidential nomination papers in a show of defiance. The minister asked the privately owned 43