Two city councillors from Chinhoyi nearly got locked up after calling someone a prostitute on WhatsApp, and Ruth Chikukwa plus Jacqueline Zenda each had to cough up $350 or face three months behind bars. They got busted under Zimbabwe's Cyber Security and Data Protection Act when Linda Sauramba reported them after getting screenshots of the group chat insults.
The whole thing went down when Chikukwa posted something nasty about Sauramba on a WhatsApp group, and then Zenda jumped in, calling her a sex worker who wasted her chances. Someone named Martha Tafirenyika tipped off Sauramba about the messages flying around.
The magistrate ruled against both defendants after prosecutors showed they broke the law by publicly trashing someone online. This case basically sets up future jail time for people who abuse others through social media platforms.
The whole thing went down when Chikukwa posted something nasty about Sauramba on a WhatsApp group, and then Zenda jumped in, calling her a sex worker who wasted her chances. Someone named Martha Tafirenyika tipped off Sauramba about the messages flying around.
The magistrate ruled against both defendants after prosecutors showed they broke the law by publicly trashing someone online. This case basically sets up future jail time for people who abuse others through social media platforms.
