How Zimbabweans Reacted To Gonyeti’s Arrest

Pindula.com

26th February 2019

Bus Stop TV actor and social media commentator Samantha Kureya was on Tuesday arrested while she was at her home in Mufakose, Harare. Twitter users were full of outrage over the arrest of the popular ‘Gonyeti’. Below are some of the comments made over the arrest:MDC Zimbabwe‏

We are being informed that CID law and order just took Bustop TV’s Samantha Kureya aka Gonyeti from her home for questioning at Harare central. #Freecomicartists @nelsonchamisa

Prof Jonathan Moyo‏

When jokes, let’s be technically correct; when comedy, in fact let’s be constitutionally clear; when freedom of expression invites Gestapo visits from LAW & ORDER in an AUTHORITARIAN MILITARY STATE–which Zimbabwe has become–you must know all hell has broken loose! #FreeGonyeti

Magamba TV : Gonyeti’s only crime is being a comedian who speaks truth to power. Magamba condemns this attack on free speech. We must be free to laugh at our leaders. And our leaders must have a sense of humour!

David Coltart
‏Free Samantha Kureya, otherwise known as the comedian Gonyeti of @bustoptv -who has just been detained by the Mnangagwa regime. Her crime – speaking truth to power, albeit in a very funny way. This brutal regime clearly now has no sense of humour & is petrified of its own shadow.

Chipo Dendere
I was hoping that this was a bad joke but it’s not. A popular Zimbabwean comedian from @bustoptv has been picked up by authorities in Zimbabwe. The two women team often bring humour and joy to people suffering from the current economic & political situation.

uMahambayedwa
Zvino vakatora #Gonyeti viki tinoripedza sei? – with @bustoptv #FreeGonyeti!

Ngonie
#Zimbabwe @ZLHRLawyers has deployed lawyers to offer emergency legal support services to Samantha Kureya, a comedian popularly known as “Gonyeti” of @bustoptv, who has been “picked up from her residence by police & taken to Harare Central Police Station. #FreeGonyeti

Fadzayi Mahere
#FreeGonyeti
RETWEET until it’s not even funny. We want @bustoptv back on our screens and making us laugh!