Police hunt for journalist who gave Geza a platform to criticise Mnangagwa
By Staff Reporter
Police have launched a hunt for Heart and Soul TV (HSTV) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, the scribe who first interviewed firebrand war veteran and Mnangagwa nemesis Blessed Geza.
Geza, who has attained near celebrity status among ordinary Zimbabweans over his blunt rebuke of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to stay on beyond his two-term limits, was forced into hiding more than a week ago with police now on his trail for allegedly inciting violence and insulting the President.
Police have now turned on to journalist Mhlanga.
In a statement on Friday, ZRP spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said police were keen to question the aggressive scribe on “allegations of violating Section 164 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23.”
The section pertains to the unlawful transmission of a data message to any individual, group, or the public, with the intent to incite acts of violence using a computer or information system.
However, in a post on social media, Mhlanga said he would present himself to the police on Monday.
“Having read the @PoliceZimbabwe statement, having presented myself twice after being requested. I have called Commissioner Nyathi & assured him that I will be at CID by 9 am on Monday as I am currently unwell. I am not on the run. I have always complied to lawful orders,” Mhlanga said.
