Hopewell Chin'ono, 49, has been charged for his role in promoting opposition-organised protests against corruption and the country's ailing economy.
File: Hopewell Chin'ono, a freelance journalist and critic of the government, was charged with inciting violence last month.HARARE - Award-winning Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono was Monday denied bail for the third time since his arrest last month on charges of inciting violence.
He had also helped expose a multi-million-dollar corruption scandal involving the procurement of coronavirus supplies. The protests were banned, and around 20 activists who held demonstrations in their neighbourhoods were arrested and have since been freed on bail.No trial date has been set yet, but Chin'ono was ordered back in court on September 1 for a routine remand court appearance.
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