Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who was arrested for exposing corruption in the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government was on Wednesday finally granted $10 000 bail with strict conditions by the court.
HARARE - Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s bail appeal was on Thursday denied by High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi who wrote the judgement but asked Justice Webster Chinamhora to read it instead.
Zanu PF on Wednesday said it welcomed the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume for speaking out against the excessive corruption in the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government.
Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was mysteriously arrested on Monday for exposing corruption.
Zimbabwe’s deputy minister of Defence Victor Matemadanda says the intelligence services have unearthed a plot to spread coronavirus through teargas cannisters at an anti-government protest slated for July 31.
Zimbabwe government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday evening fired Health minister Obadiah Moyo who is out on Z$50,000 bail after being arrested over a US$560 million Covid-19 procurement scam that saw a shelf company invoicing government an inflated US$28 for disposal masks.
Zimbabwe Health minister Obadiah Moyo was on Saturday released on Z$50,000 (US$500) bail by a Harare magistrate following his Friday arrest on criminal abuse of office charges over procurement deal with Drax International.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu PF on Wednesday threatened respected Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono for exposing the corrupt dealings by the brutal and bloodthirsty party and the canning First Family.
Former Transport minister Joram Gumbo on Tuesday emerged unscathed after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) withdrew corruption charges against him under unclear circumstances, casting doubt over the independence of the anti-graft body.
Former Labour minister Prisca Mupfumira’s trial today failed to take off at the Harare Magistrates’ Court, with prosecutors asking for a postponement saying documents central to the case were not yet available.
