Today marks nine days of political detention for Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga for a crime he did not commit.
Many wonder why Blessed has been jailed.
He brought Jealousy Mawarire onto his programme, where Mawarire exposed that Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was involved in a massive corrupt deal to steal Zimbabwe’s Post Office Savings Bank (POSB).
The bank has a wide reach throughout Zimbabwe, with 34 physical branches and additional agency branches through partnerships with Zimpost and supermarkets.
Mawarire produced the evidence on camera, and President Mnangagwa’s spokesman, George Charamba, was quick to say that Blessed was going down for this interview—and that is exactly what happened. They jailed him denying him bail.
This is how Mnangagwa operates.
I was detained three times for exposing corruption deals he was involved in.
He created fake charges unrelated to the exposures, claiming that I wanted to remove an elected government.
It is important for progressive Zimbabweans to stand with Blessed and his family during this dark hour because he is in jail for informing us and helping stop the looting of public property.
RETWEET for the world to know this persecution of an innocent journalist.
Journalism is not a crime, what is criminal is stealing public property.
We should not be distracted by ZANUPF plants being sent to make us lose focus on this travesty of justice. Blessed is innocent!
Credit : HOPEWELL CHIN’ONO
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