24.2.2025
18:38
Alpha
Media
Holdings’
senior
reporter,
Blessed
Mhlanga,
handed
himself
over
to
the
Zimbabwe
Republic
Police
(ZRP)
Law
and
Order
division
at
Harare
Central
Police
Station
on
Monday
morning.
He
was
promptly
arrested
and
charged.
Last
week,
ZRP
spokesperson
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
appealed
to
the
public
for
help
in
locating
Mhlanga,
who
was
wanted
for
violating
a
section
of
the
Criminal
Law
(Codification
and
Reform)
Act.
Mhlanga
said
on
Friday
he
could
not
report
to
the
police
due
to
illness.
On
Monday,
the
Zimbabwe
Lawyers
for
Human
Rights
(ZLHR)
confirmed
that
Mhlanga
had
been
arrested
and
charged
with
two
counts
of
violating
Section
164
of
the
Criminal
Law
(Codification
and
Reform)
Act
for
allegedly
transmitting
data
messages
that
incite
violence.
Said
ZLHR:
The
charge
emanates
from
some
statements,
which
were
allegedly
uttered
by
Blessing
Geza,
a
liberation
war
veteran
and
a
ZANU
PF
political
party
central
committee
member
on
27
January
2025
and
on
11
February
2025.Mhlanga,
who
works
for
HStv,
was
interrogated
by
ZRP
officers
on
Monday
24
February
2025
about
the
broadcaster’s
operations
and
press
conferences
allegedly
addressed
by
Geza.Mhlanga,
who
is
represented
by
Chris
Mhike
of
[the
ZLHR],
is
set
to
be
detained
overnight
at
Harare
Central
Police
Station
and
is
expected
to
appear
in
court
on
Tuesday.
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