[lightbox link=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2015/03/masiyiwa9000.jpg” thumb=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2015/03/masiyiwa9000.jpg” width=”900″ align=”right” title=”masiyiwa9000″ frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””]Zimbabwe journalists yesterday reminded Strive Masiyiwa that the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo gave him the licence to operate Econet not to suppress freedmon of expression.
Journalists led by the Foster Dongoza the leader of Zimbabwe Union of Journalists yesterday forced the Econet’s banking unit, Steward Bank to abandon a media briefing.
This was in protest over a Thursday raid of a news agency, The Source. In the below video one journalist is heard shouting, reminding Masiyiwa that Nkomo facilitated his bid to operate Econet in order to promote freedom of information and not to suppress it.

Econet invaded The Source newsroom claiming it wanted to seize stolen from the mobile phone operator. This was after the online publication published two explosive articles about Econet and Steward Bank.
One of the articles titled “Debt-distressed Zimbabwe moves to reschedule domestic debt claimed that Government had borrowed $30 million from Econet, disbursed through Steward Bank, in a deal brokered by Mr Nyambirai.