{"id":56653,"date":"2026-04-20T07:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56653"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:41:05","slug":"cio-agents-torment-opposition-activist-over-whatsapp-message-insulting-mnangagwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/20\/cio-agents-torment-opposition-activist-over-whatsapp-message-insulting-mnangagwa\/","title":{"rendered":"CIO Agents Torment Opposition Activist Over WhatsApp Message \u201cInsulting\u201d Mnangagwa \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>CIO Agents Torment Opposition Activist Over WhatsApp Message \u201cInsulting\u201d Mnangagwa<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By A Correspondent \u2013 Opposition campaigner Wilson Run\u00e1nga is at the centre of a police case after being accused of circulating a WhatsApp message deemed offensive toward President Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities allege that Run\u00e1nga used a group chat to question the President\u2019s leadership and suggest he was holding onto power despite mounting criticism. <\/p>\n<p>The same message is also said to have linked the controversial recalls of Members of Parliament associated with Sengezo Tshabangu to worsening hardships in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While no official summons has yet been issued, the activist reportedly went into hiding over the Easter period after unidentified individuals visited his residence in Mpandawana searching for him.<\/p>\n<p>The matter is recorded under police reference RRB 6776506, filed on March 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to details contained in the report, the message attributed to Run\u00e1nga read: \u201cAre you aware that there are people insisting that Mnangagwa, despite failing to run the country, wants to cling to power? Are you aware that forcing Tshabangu to recall MPs contributed to the country\u2019s continued suffering?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa has not issued any public comment regarding the case.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#CIO #Agents #Torment #Opposition #Activist #WhatsApp #Message #Insulting #Mnangagwa #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIO Agents Torment Opposition Activist Over WhatsApp Message \u201cInsulting\u201d Mnangagwa By A Correspondent \u2013 Opposition campaigner Wilson Run\u00e1nga is at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[4156,6352,8324,6694,3962,2737,973,202,1288,9761,6811],"class_list":["post-56653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-activist","tag-agents","tag-cio","tag-eduzim","tag-insulting","tag-message","tag-mnangagwa","tag-news","tag-opposition","tag-torment","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56654,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56653\/revisions\/56654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}