Journalist Hope Chizuzu Chizuzu was arrested on charges of transmitting false data messages intending to cause harm in contravention of Section 164C of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as amended. 29 September, 2022 Journalist Thembelihle Mhlanga Mhlanga was summoned to the Lupane police station in Matabeleland North where the police recorded his warned and cautioned statement on allegations of cyberbullying under the Cyber and Data Protection Act following a video clip which Mhlanga posted on his Facebook account on 10 October 2022. 24 October, 2022 NewZimbabwe.com journalist Leopold Munhende Munhende was reportedly charged for publishing falsehoods in a story that the online platform published on 21 September 2022, alleging that President Mnangagwa had fled protesting Zimbabweans in New York. 28 November, 2022 Victim/Concerned Party Issue Date TellZim editor Passmore Kuzipa Gabriel Mupasiri a ‘selfproclaimed’ businessperson in Masvingo was reportedly charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly manhandled TellZim editor Passmore Kuzipa at a local hotel over a story published sometime in 2012. 14 January, 2022 Mujopeni Mudimba, journalist based in Binga Mudimba was reportedly threatened over a story he wrote on the eviction of villagers in Binga’s Ward 12 by a Chinese company that had been granted authority by the government to mine coal in that area. 25 January, 2022 Assaulted/ Attacked/ Threatened State of the Media Report 22