Zimbabwe: Zim Man Detained Over 'Fake' Mnangagwa COVID-19 National Lockdown Extension Statement

21 April 2020
Kubatana.net (Harare)

A Zimbabwean man was on Monday 20 April 2020 detained in remand prison after he was denied bail by a Harare Magistrate when he appeared in court for allegedly peddling falsehoods about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extension of the duration of the national lockdown period to May.

36-year-old Lovemore Zvokusekwa of Chitungwiza appeared at Harare Magistrates Court on Monday 20 April 2020 after he was arrested on Saturday 18 April 2020 by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, who charged him with publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state as defined in section 31(a)(i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

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