HARARE magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai yesterday postponed the case of Zimbabwe Independent Editor Faith Zaba and Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) editor-in-chief Kholwani Nyathi, who are being jointly charged for undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The matter was deferred pending the outcome of a High Court review.
Zaba and the publishers, AMH, represented by Nyathi, are being charged under section 33 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act — undermining or insulting the authority of the President.
The charge relates to a Muckraker satirical column titled When we become a mafia State, published in the Zimbabwe Independent on June 27, 2025.
The State alleges that the column, which cited Zimbabwe’s alleged interference in neighbouring countries’ politics and claimed the government was “obsessed with keeping itself in power”, was intended to engender hostility towards Mnangagwa.
The case will resume on February 11.
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