Police raid ZimLive Editor’s home
Police on Thursday stormed the home of Mduduzi Mathuthu, the editor of online publication ZimLive for yet unknown reasons. Mathuthu tweeted at exactly 17:02 hrs; “Police at my house”.
Posting on Twitter, MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere condemned the incident. She said:
Police have stormed the home of journalist Mduduzi [Mathuthu] who is the editor of leading online paper ZimLive that has been at the forefront of unearthing corruption and other investigative journalism. We reiterate that journalism is not a crime.
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Mathuthu is a prominent investigative journalist and has been at the forefront in exposing high-level corruption.
He recently gained international acclaim after he exposed corruption amounting to US$60 million in the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
—Pindula News