The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa, Investigations Editor Brian Chitemba and Reporter Tinashe Farawo have been released on US$100 bail each on Wednesday afternoon after their initial appearance at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on allegations of publishing falsehoods.
The journalists were arrested on Monday following the publication of an investigative article that was published in the newspaper’s edition of November 1, 2015.
The article stated that some police officers, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe rangers and Asians were part of a syndicate that is responsible for the poaching that has seen 55 elephants being killed since early 2015.
More to follow….
