Media freedom is on trial in Zim and Faith Zaba is its face

THE High Court of Zimbabwe has quashed charges against Zimbabwe Independent editor Faith Zaba.

The court’s judgment ends the State’s frivolous trial against Zaba.

The Zimbabwean State had taken Zaba to court because of a satirical column in which she accurately describes the current Zimbabwe as a mafia State, where systemic corruption, frivolous laws and a compromised judicial system have defined the current State.

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