Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa, Investigations Editor Brian Chitemba and Reporter Tinashe Farawo on the way to court
Herald Reporter
The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa, Investigations Editor Brian Chitemba and Reporter Tinashe Farawo on Wednesday morning made their initial appearance at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on allegations of publishing falsehoods.
The journalists were arrested on Monday following the publication of an investigative article that was published in the newspaper’s edition of November 1, 2015.
The article stated that some police officers, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe rangers and Asians were part of a syndicate that is responsible for the poaching that has seen 55 elephants being killed since early 2015.
More to follow . . .
