Protesting teachers on Friday 28 September assaulted journalist Mduduzi Mngomezulu as he covered protests in Mbabane, eSwatini.
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‘When police say move, you move comrades,’ MISA Zimbabwe tells journos
The Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe Chapter (MISA-Zim) has told Journalists to take heed of police directives during protests to prevent being assaulted as witnessed in the past. Journalists have been victims of police violence during protests and...
Journalist rushed to hospital after assault
Detained freelance photojournalist Crispen Ndlovu who was reportedly severely assaulted by the police in Bulawayo was on the morning of 1 September 2016 rushed to hospital after complaining of severe headaches and impaired vision. His lawyer, Tineyi Mukweva of the...
Police assault journalist
Freelance journalist Lucy Yasin was on 24 August 2016 assaulted by riot police in Harare while covering a march by MDC-T youths who were launching a campaign dubbed #MyZimbabwe. Yasin confirmed she had been struck once with a baton stick by a member of the riot...
Police assault journalists
Members of the riot police on 3 August 2016 assaulted freelance journalists Lawrence Chimunhu, Christopher Mahove and Tendai Musiya as they covered demonstrations against the Zimbabwe government’s plans to introduce bond notes in the wake of the deteriorating...
Daily News journalist assaulted at Zanu PF headquarters
MISA-Zimbabwe Media Alert 27 July 2016 Daily News journalist Mugove Tafirenyika was on 27 July 2016 reportedly assaulted by Zanu PF supporters while covering a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare. Stanley Gama, editor of the Daily News...
Zanu PF youths assault journalist
MISA-Zimbabwe Media Alert 20 June 2016 Albert Masaka a journalist with the weekly Standard newspaper was on 18 June 2016 reportedly assaulted by ruling Zanu PF youths who were on the rampage in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza. According to the Standard, the...