HARARE: The editor of a Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper appeared in court yesterday on charges of subversion and undermining the authority of President Robert Mugabe.
Edmund Kudzayi, editor of the Sunday Mail, was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody until a bail hearing tomorrow.
The charges against Kudzayi include calling Mugabe a tyrant and dictator, and alleging that he stole an election. These remarks were allegedly made in publications he wrote for before joining state media.
Kudzayi was appointed editor of the Sunday Mail two months ago, but has incurred the wrath of the long-ruling Mugabe. AFP
