Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights| We have just rescued a couple in Beitbridge by securing their release from prison after they were arrested & detained for allegedly communicating falsehoods by sharing a message on a WhatsApp Group stating that President Mnangagwa had died on 25 January.

Prosecutors claimed that the couple shared an audio on a WhatsApp Group alleging that President Mnangagwa had died as a result of a COVID-19 vaccination, which was administered to him at his ruling ZANU PF party headquarters.

The couple Vongai Nomatter Chiminya aged 20 and Devine Panashe Maregere were on Friday ordered to pay 15 000 bail each by Beitbridge Magistrate Toendepi Zhou & ordered not to post any material on social media to do with govt business. The couple returns to court on 5 March.