A MUTARE based journalist been arrested over a report claiming that First Lady Grace Mugabe donated used underwear to Zanu-PF supporters in the eastern border city.
According to NewZimbabwe.com, police picked up Newsday reporter Kenneth Nyangani on Monday and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) confirmed.
The arrest follows a weekend report claiming that Zanu-PF’s Dangamvura-Chikanga MP Esau Mupfumi donated used clothes which included night dresses and underwear.
The clothing items were allegedly sourced by President Robert Mugabe’s wife.
ZLHR spokesman, Kumbirai Mafunda, said the rights lawyers had deployed a legal practitioner to assist Nyangani.