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Journalist released after being arrested for conducting clean up

Police last night released veteran journalist Matthew Takaona, who is now Masvingo Mirror newspaper publisher.

Takaona also an opposition activist, was arrested with others for merely cutting grass at a dangerous road stretch around Mushayavanhu Primary School in Gutu.

They did so without telling a local Zanu PF councillor Benson Dandira.

Takaona was arrested by a crack police and intelligence unit, Ferret, for an activity which lawyers said was perfectly lawful.

Police failed to find and prefer a charge against Takaona, forcing them to release him.

Zimbabweans have been living under the jackboot of Zanu PF authoritarian political repression for 45 years now.

The Masvingo Mirror

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