Police search community radio offices

MISA-Zimbabwe has expressed concerns over the police raid of Wezhira community radio offices in Masvingo.

Two policemen from Masvingo Central police station's Law and Order Section on 29 June 2015 searched Wezhira Community Radio Initiative's offices to determine whether the initiative is in custody of any broadcasting equipment.

"The policemen also inquired as to where the equipment in place had been purchased," reported MISA.

"They also instructed the community radio initiative to present an inventory of all the equipment in their custody to the police station on 30 June 2015."

The visit by the police station follows the questioning of the initiatives' producer Wilson Maposa on 15 June 2015 over suspicion that the initiative owned broadcasting equipment and had started broadcasting.

According to the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), it is illegal to broadcast without a licence issued by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ).