Among the journalists assaulted is Technomag’s Toneo Rutsito. Mahere said:
ALERT: There’s been an escalation of violence in Gokwe ahead of a rally to be addressed by Change Champion in Chief, @nelsonchamisa. Journalists Tongai Mwenje, Toneo Rutsito, Pellagia Mpurwa and Chelsea Mashayamombe have been heavily beaten by ZANUPF thugs. Toneo lost a tooth.
Tongai Mwenje is SportBrief’s founder and Managing Editor; Toneo Rutsito is the Funder and Editor of Technomag an online technology magazine, Pellagia Mupurwa is a journalist with Technomag while Chelsea Mashayamombe is an Editor at ZimDaily.
Politically motivated violence has been on the rise in recent months raising fears that the 2023 elections might be violent as was the case in 2008.
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