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Zimbabwe sees decrease in Media Freedom violations, says MISA
Zimbabwe is on the brink of an improved standing in the World Press Freedom Index rankings, provided the recent positive trend of reduced media freedom violations observed during the 2023 elections pe...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP says ZBC license fees should be scrapped
Prince Dubeko Sibanda, the Binga North legislator representing the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has called for the abolishment of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) license fees. Sibanda ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay barred from Zanu-PF congress over 'fiction articles'
Zanu-PF has refused to accredit NewsDay journalists to cover its elective congress which begins today in the capital.Party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said the party's politburo meetin...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over new accreditation fees
MEDIA practitioners have expressed shock at the 400% hike in accreditation fees, saying there was no justification for the steep rise.The new fees were gazetted under Statutory Instrument 65 o...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only 4 journalists accredited to cover by-elections
MEDIA practitioners have raised concern over the low number of journalists so far accredited to cover the March 26 by-elections, as of Friday last week saying it was likely to deprive citizens of crit...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zec goes after media
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has formed a committee to monitor local media, a move which observers said was tantamount to a clampdown on journalists covering electoral processes.Zim...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalists detained at MDC Alliance anniversary commemorations
TWO journalists were Saturday detained by the military and police during the MDC –Alliance's 22nd anniversary commemorations held in Bulawayo.The two journalists Pamenus Tuso, a freelance an...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Don't sign Cyber Bill into law: Misa
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to defer signing the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill into law following its passage in the H...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Cedric Steele
Bulawayo parking system a massive surveillance project?
CABINET has approved Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s planned installation of a vehicle surveillance system.The system will be installed by the city's implementing partner, Tendy Three which won ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Internet censorship worst in Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE recorded the worst internet censorship rankings in southern Africa despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation promises to usher democratic reforms.Zimbabwe is one of the ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Consult people on Cyber Security Bill, Misa urges Parly
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has urged Parliament to recall the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in order to take it back to the public to air their views on the chang...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Promote diverse media, Misa urges govt
GOVERNMENT has been urged to implement the Windhoek Declaration (1991) on promoting an independent and pluralistic media, as well as the 2013 Constitution which provides guidelines and guarantees to f...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top cop threatens to shoot messenger of court
A TOP police officer stationed in Beitbridge town has landed himself in soup after he allegedly threatened to shoot a messenger of court on two occasions for attemptingto serve him with a court or...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Journalists' old cards still valid, says ZMC
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has advised security forces to allow journalists to operate with 2019 and 2020 Press cards since it was still waiting for the board to gazette new accreditation fee...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Information Bill not in tandem with Constitution: MISA
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe chapter has said the Freedom of Information Bill is not in tandem with the Constitution and should be revised before it is made into law.The ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt's proposed information law is draconian
The government on July 5 2019 gazetted the Freedom of Information Bill [HB 6 of 2019]. This is the first of three official Bills meant to replace the much-criticised Access to Information and Protecti...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:27hrs | 1 | by Golden Maunganidze
Grace Mugabe 'used underwear' reporter granted bail
MUTARE-based NewsDay reporter, Kenneth Nyangani was yesterday granted $200 bail and remanded to October 18 in a matter, where he is accused of criminal nuisance after writing a story in which First La...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Media should address concerns over alleged capture
MISA Zimbabwe on 20 September 2017 held its elective annual general meeting in Harare with its outgoing Chairperson Kumbirai Mafunda imploring the media to address concerns on the alleged capture of t...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's govt presses panic button
Feeling the heat of the country's worsening economic crisis, the government has pressed the panic button — threatening a savage clampdown on the media and pro-democracy groups in its desperate bid t...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media should address concerns over alleged capture
MISA Zimbabwe on 20 September 2017 held its elective annual general meeting in Harare with its outgoing Chairperson Kumbirai Mafunda imploring the media to address concerns on the alleged capture of t...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDCs, Zanu-PF taking Zimbabweans for granted
I am sure that it's no longer a secret that we have serious divisions threatening to split any political party that you may think of in Zimbabwe. While it might not be the preferred or n...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Golden Maunganidze
Journalist to pay exZanu-PF MP $7 000 for defamation
The High Court has ordered a Masvingo newspaper and its journalist to pay $7 000 for defaming a former Zanu-PF legislator who sued the Masvingo Mirror last year.Colonel Claudius Makova, who on...Published: 25 Jun 2012 at 13:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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