We value your privacy

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content, and analyze our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies.

Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

PROMOTING FREE EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Home 9 Media Violation 9 Journalist charged with disorderly conduct 

Journalist charged with disorderly conduct 

7 Jul, 2022

What happened

Freelance journalist Anyway Yotamu was reportedly assaulted and arrested by the police in Harare’s central business district on 7 July 2022 while covering an altercation between city parking attendants and touts. 

Yotamu was subsequently charged with disorderly conduct and undermining the authority of the police.

It is reported that he had earlier attended a press conference by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, when he witnessed an altercation between city parking attendants and touts. 

Yotamu reportedly took pictures of the altercation resulting in the police manhandling and assaulting him with a baton before bundling him into a police vehicle.

MISA Zimbabwe deployed lawyers Tafadzwa Mugabe and Shamiso Dhlakama to attend to the matter.

He was released into the custody of lawyer Shamiso Dhlakama and is expected to report to the police on Friday, 8 July 2022. Dhlakama said Yotamu is expected to appear in court on Saturday, 9 July 2022. 

Meanwhile, Yotamu sustained injuries from the assault and has since been attended to by a medical doctor. 

MISA's position

Share this

SOS journalists hotline

If you are injured, detained or arrested ín the line of duty, call our 24/7 SOS journalist hotline on 0784 437 338 to access legal and/or medical assistance.
Don’t forget to have the number saved in your phone for emergencies!
Find out more about the hotline here.

About MISA

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.

Latest media violations

Those affected:
Freelance journalist Anyway Yotamu
Number affected:
1
Perpetrators:
Police officers
Types of actors:
State
Location:
Harare CBD