{"id":424824,"date":"2017-10-03T20:01:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T20:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/03\/zimbabwe-reporter-held-over-grace-mugabe-underwear-story\/"},"modified":"2017-10-03T20:01:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T20:01:30","slug":"zimbabwe-reporter-held-over-grace-mugabe-underwear-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/03\/zimbabwe-reporter-held-over-grace-mugabe-underwear-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe reporter held over &#8216;Grace Mugabe underwear&#8217; story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe\u2019s behalf, his lawyers say.<\/p>\n<p>NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani was likely to face \u201ccriminal defamation\u201d charges, the lawyers added.<\/p>\n<p>Zanu-PF MP Esau Mupfumi distributed the underwear, and said Mrs Mugabe had donated it, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no official comment on Mr Nyangani\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear clear whether the complainant was the MP or the first lady, NewsDay reported.<\/p>\n<p>Police in the eastern city of Mutare detained Mr Nyangani on Monday evening for \u201callegedly writing and publishing a story over the donation of some used undergarments\u201d by President Robert Mugabe\u2019s wife, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The privately-owned newspaper had earlier reported that Mr Mupfumi had handed out clothes at the weekend to Zanu-PF supporters in the Mutare area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met the First Lady Grace Mugabe and I was given these clothes so that I can give you. I have briefs for you and I am told that most of your briefs are not in good shape, please come and collect your allocations today,\u201d Mr Mupfumi was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have night dresses, sandals and clothes, come and take, this is from your First Lady Grace Mugabe,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Worsening economic conditions in Zimbabwe are forcing many people to buy second-hand clothing, the AFP news agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>It says such items include used underwear from Western countries which is chiefly imported from Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Mugabe, the president\u2019s second wife, attracted widespread media attention in August when she was accused of attacking a model at a hotel in South Africa where her sons were staying.<\/p>\n<p>She has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268370-314802310\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268370\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/starrwoman_posts.jpg\" alt=\"Starr Woman \u2013 Inside Posts\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe\u2019s behalf, his lawyers say. NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani was likely to face \u201ccriminal defamation\u201d charges, the lawyers added. Zanu-PF MP Esau Mupfumi distributed the underwear, and said Mrs Mugabe had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe reporter held over &#039;Grace Mugabe underwear&#039; story - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/03\/zimbabwe-reporter-held-over-grace-mugabe-underwear-story\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe reporter held over &#039;Grace Mugabe underwear&#039; story - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe\u2019s behalf, his lawyers say. 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