Group of Journalists

The police in Bulawayo
reportedly barred some
journalists from taking pictures
as they dispersed people that
had gathered in the city in
commemoration of victims of
Gukurahundi.

22 December, 2022

Seizure of Equipment/ Raided/
Vandalised
Victim/Concerned Party

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Date

Journalists Mildret Tinofa,
Robert Tapfumaneyi, Thandiwe
Garusah and Leopold Munhende

Journalist Mildret Tinofa
27 February, 2022
reportedly sprained her arm,
while Thandiwe Garusah and
Leopold Munhende, journalists
with NewZimbabwe.com
website, lost their mobile phones
and a tripod camera stand
after violence broke out at the
Citizens’ Coalition for Change
by-elections campaign rally in
Kwekwe in February. Robert
Tapfumaneyi, a journalist with
Sly Media, also had his camera
damaged during this incident.

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