NEW YORK: A Zimbabwean freelance journalist was arrested yesterday, 1 March 2010 for the third time this year — this time for taking footage of prisoners outside a courthouse in the capital, Harare, according to local journalists. 2 Mar 2010 08:38
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Collins Chabane, minister in the presidency in charge of performance monitoring and evaluation, and government spokesperson Themba Maseko last night, Thursday, 4 February 2010, made an impassioned plea to South African journalists to participate in the SADC Media Awards competition, saying it promotes regional integration and togetherness through excellent journalism. 5 Feb 2010 08:18
NEW YORK: Freelance journalist Stanley Kwenda, a contributor to the private weekly The Zimbabwean, fled the country on Friday, 15 January 2010, after he said he received a telephone threat from a high-ranking police officer, according to the paper's editor, Wilf Mbanga. 21 Jan 2010 10:44
HARARE: Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AFRIMAP), Open Society Initiative Southern Africa (OSISA), Open Society Institute Media Programme (OSIMP), in conjunction with MISA-Zimbabwe launched a report based on a survey entitled “Public Broadcasting In Africa Series” on 18 November 2009 at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Harare. 23 Nov 2009 07:51
HARARE: Reporters Without Borders yesterday, 22 October 2009, condemned mistreatment by Zimbabwean intelligence agents of two journalists working for Arab satellite TV station al-Jazeera. 23 Oct 2009 11:20
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), cautiously welcomed recent announcements made by the coalition government in its effort to turn over a new leaf on six years of intimidation and stifling of independent journalists. 27 Aug 2009 09:37
HARARE: The Parliamentary Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 said it had endorsed 12 persons whose names have been submitted to the president for appointment to the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) contrary to media reports that the process had been put on hold. 21 Aug 2009 10:52
HARARE: MISA-Zimbabwe held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Harare on 15 August 2009 during which its chairperson, Loughty Dube, urged the inclusive government to fulfil its obligations as required in terms of regional and international instruments that protect media freedom and freedom of expression. 20 Aug 2009 12:25
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's parliament has begun the process of establishing the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), days after the High Court declared the Media and Information Commission (MIC) defunct and ordered that it stop accrediting of journalists. 12 Jun 2009 10:14
Journalists in Zimbabwe continue to be arrested amid a newly launched 100-day plan to deal with the country's insolvency, human rights abuses and other troubles. Over the past month, four journalists, 18 human rights activists and a media lawyer have been arrested. Two other journalists are shortly due to appear in court to face charges of defamation. 25 May 2009 10:16
NEW YORK: Police in Zimbabwe should immediately release Alec Muchadehama, a prominent human rights lawyer targeted for his work on behalf of journalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere and others, the Committee to Protect Journalists said yesterday, 14 May 2009. 15 May 2009 09:44
HARARE: A senior Zimbabwean government official has admitted that laws passed by the previous administration were still being used to "criminalise journalism" and needed to be changed, after two more journalists were arrested earlier this week. 13 May 2009 12:10
[Busani Bafana] BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe's unity government is stuttering in its attempt at restoring press freedom in a country which had once branded independent journalists as ‘enemies of the state'. 8 May 2009 11:31