Journos assaulted outside Chiredzi Magistrates Court

FOUR journalists were on Thursday allegedly assaulted outside the Chiredzi Magistrates Court at the end of Andrew Takashinga Bere’s bail hearing.

In an alert, Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe said Bere was accused of defrauding American taxpayers of $7 million during his stay in that country.

Misa said the four journalists harassed were Godfrey Mtimba a freelancer, Patrick Chitongo of Chiredzi’s Flame newspaper, Morris Bishi of the Masvingo Mirror, and Tawanda Mangoma with Zimpapers in Chiredzi.

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