Well known Zimbabwean Investigative journalist Hopewell Chinâono was arrested yesterday at his Harare home over a tweet he posted online.
Chinâono was arrested for allegedly falsely claiming police in Harare had struck and killed an infant with a baton stick.
Chinâono informed the nation about the development on his Twitter page saying:
The police have come to arrest me! Let everyone know!
Hopewell Chinâono revealed that the police arrested him for allegedly âcommunicating falsehoods for tweeting that a child had been beaten up and died by a police officer.
They say they are charging me with communicating falsehoods for tweeting that a child had been beaten up and died by a police officer! They are taking me to the Law and a order section at Harare Central Police Station.
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In a massive blow for imbibers, beer and alcohol sales have been banned in Zimbabwe without any advance notice or warning from the authorities.
The news that beer and alcohol sales have been banned slowly filtered onto social media after manyl people were advised that they could not purchase any alcohol at local supermarkets and grocery shops. Almost all the local supermarkets have signs and banners warning that the sale of beer and alcoholic products has been temporarily banned/suspended.
A friend send this to me saying that it was taken today at Bon Marche Avondale.
Are alcohol sales suspended, or it is just this shop? pic.twitter.com/KJWjQlfzGJ
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