HARARE- Two Zimbabwean journalists have been released after spending four hours in custody on trumped-up charges.
Along with their driver, they were nabbed by gun-toting cops in Masvingo, deep in Zimbabwe’s south.
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The journos had been chasing a story about a hotly contested plot of land, however, they soon found themselves being accused of trespassing on a government minister’s turf and that their vehicle was suspicious.
Lately, Zimbabwean journalists are increasingly hassled or hauled off by state security while on the job.
eNCA correspondent, Pindai Dube filed this report.