Journalists and members of staff in TellZim's Masvingo office were on 21 March 2018 verbally abused and threatened by two MDC-T provincial leaders at the newspaper's offices in the city centre. The perpetrators of the attack were Mr Murangamwa Chanyau and Mr Peter Chigaba who serve as the MDC-T district chairperson and provincial administrator respectively.
The duo stormed the newsroom in reaction to a story published by TellZim News on 15 March 2018, in which the publication set out details of how the MDC-T in Masvingo province was allegedly planning to replace all sitting councillors with new ones. The visibly angry MDCT officials accused the publication of being aligned to the Zanu-PF as well as the MDC-T faction which supports former MDC-T legislator for Masvingo Urban, Mr Tongai Matutu, which is allegedly at loggerheads with the one led by Mr Takanayi Mureyi.
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