{"id":26986,"date":"2020-08-27T23:39:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T21:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=26986"},"modified":"2020-08-27T23:39:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T21:39:23","slug":"journalist-acquitted-on-violation-of-coronavirus-lockdown-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/journalist-acquitted-on-violation-of-coronavirus-lockdown-charges","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Acquitted On Violation Of Coronavirus Lockdown Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NewsDay journalist Rex Mphisa and Zimpapers sales representative Charles Marerwa were on 27 August 2020 found not guilty on charges of violating the COVID-19 regulations when they appeared before Magistrate Ania Chimweta.<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Chimweta ruled that the State had failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the two had violated the regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Mphisa and Marerwa were arrested on 15 May 2020 in Dulivhadzimu, in Zimbabwe\u2019s southern border town of Beitbridge.<\/p>\n<p>They were charged with contravening Section 5 (1) as read with Section 4 of Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020 of the COVID-19 regulations which prohibit the gathering of more than two people in a public place.<\/p>\n<p>They were also being charged with contravening the Liquor Act which prohibits public drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Mphisa and Marerwa, who were on free bail, were represented by lawyer Jabulani Mzinyathi, who was engaged by MISA Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, thousands of more people have so far been arrested for violation of the lockdown regulations that were imposed on the country to curb the spread and transmission of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsDay journalist Rex Mphisa and Zimpapers sales representative Charles Marerwa were on 27 August 2020 found not guilty on charges of violating the COVID-19 regulations when they appeared before Magistrate Ania Chimweta. Magistrate Chimweta ruled that the State had failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the two had violated the regulations. 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