The journalists have been denied bail and remanded in custody by the Harare Magistrates Court.
Hopewell Chin’ono and Jacob Ngarivhume were arrested on Monday and charged with inciting public violence for their role in organising anti-government protests slated for July 31.
The journalist had also helped expose a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal involving the procurement of coronavirus supplies known as “Covidgate”. She accused “foreign powers” of taking part in “this plot”, noting that the US embassy had tweeted in defence of Chin’ono “within minutes” of his arrest.
“The begging question is why call for a violent uprising in the midst of a raging and ravaging COVID-19 ?” Mutsvangwa asked.
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