Browsing: Hopewell Chin’ono

South Africa is to blame for the Zimbabwean migrant crisis it’s now dealing with. This is according to Zimbabwean investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono.

Journalists on the continent are continuing to fight for Freedom of Speech and Access to Information. Is the continent regressing on Media Freedom?

This past week award-winning Zimbabwean Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was arrested once again. He was taken into custody for what authorities say was a breach of his bail conditions after he posted a message on social media regarding the bail application of Henrietta Rushwaya, the president of the Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation accused of gold smuggling.

Embarrassing scenes from the Harare Magistrates Court in the ongoing persecution of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono as they take him to the Anti-Corruption Section. An animated Chin’ono voices his concerns at the abuse of the system by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime.

Prominent investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who was controversially arrested for his part in exposing the USD$60m Covidgate scandal, which implicated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family members, is still seeking justice outside prison.

Firebrand investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono says his unlawful incarceration was ordered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa who believed he crossed the line by exposing the First Family’s involvement in the Drax Gate scandal that siphoned USD$ 60 million of Covid-19 funds.

Investigative journalist Hopewell Chinóno has shed light on the deplorable conditions and treatment he had to endure in prison.

Political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe has noted that only Zimbabweans can free themselves from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s authoritarian regime which he claims is currently using the Covid-19 pandemic as a smokescreen to shut down democratic space.

Investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who was recently granted bail has vowed to keep soldiering on the fight against government corruption in Zimbabwe.

Human rights lawyer Doug Coltart, who is part of investigative journalist Hopewell Chinóno’s legal team, says Chinóno’s health has deteriorated in Chikurubi maximum prison.