via Bulawayo24 NEWS | ‘Mugabe died and is being preserved in a freezer’, teen arrested 18 January 2014
A teenager has been arrested for allegedly insulting President Robert Mugabe on Facebook.
Gumisai Manduwa, 18, from Odzi, in Manicaland province was arrested on thursday for contravening Section 33 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Radio Dialogue reported.
It is alleged Manduwa posted a message on Facebook claiming that President Mugabe had died and is being preserved in a freezer.
He appeared in court on Saturday 18 January 2014 and was granted $30 bail by Mutare Magistrate Sekesai Chiwundura.
Manduwa becomes the latest victim to be arrested for allegedly undermining authority of or insulting President Mugabe.
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