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Mnangagwa defends criminal defamation law

HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Justice minister, yesterday defended action that makes defamation a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment of journalists. Parliamentarians accused authorities of tightening curbs on free expression in the wake of corruption exposes. Parliamentarians condemned the arrest of Daily News group editor Stanley Gama and senior writer Fungi Kwaramba under criminal defamation…

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