Zimbabwe: Armed Prison Officer Threatens to Assault Journalist for Filming Sikhala, Chin'ono

14 January 2021

An overzealous armed Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer Thursday threatened to assault journalist Frank Chikowore at the Harare Magistrates' Courts.

Chikowore, a Harare-based freelance journalist, was filming the arrival of fellow colleague Hopewell Chin'ono and MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala at the courts from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.

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