HARARE, Feb 24 (NewsDayLive) - Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga has been detained after handing himself at Harare Central Police Station this morning.
Mhlanga, who is the head of HSTv - an online broadcasting arm of AMH, is facing a charge of publishing material likely to incite public violence.
AMH are the publishers of The Standard, NewsDay, Zimbabwe Independent,and the Southern Eye.
Mhlanga handed himself to police in the company of his lawyer Chris Mhike after being summoned last week.
He will appear in court Tuesday.
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Mhlanga is accused of broadcasting an interview where outspoken war veterans leader and Zanu PF central committee member Blessed Geza called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down.
Police have indicated that they also want to arrest Geza for the statements among other charges, with analysts saying the charges are meant to silence him.
Geza fronts a section of war veterans and Zanu PF supporters opposed to a push to extend Mnangagwa's term of office to 2030.
