MISA-Zimbabwe Media Alert 20 June 2016 Albert Masaka a journalist with the weekly Standard newspaper was on 18 June 2016 reportedly assaulted by ruling Zanu PF youths who were on the rampage in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza. According to the Standard, the...
Media violations
New charges against Beitbridge journalist
MISA-Zimbabwe Alert Update 13 June 2016 Journalist Wellington Mukanhaire has been summoned by the State to appear in court yet again but on different charges following his February 2016 arrest in Zimbabwe’s southern border town of Beitbridge. Mukanhaire was initially...
Press gagged in Mugabe ‘bombing’ trial
The High Court on 12 February 2016 barred the media from covering proceedings in the case of four men including two soldiers charged with plotting to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s dairy farm. The Daily News reported that the director of military intelligence...
Police assault journalist
Lovemore Meya, a correspondent with The Herald was on 5 January 2016 severely assaulted by anti-riot police while covering clashes between commuter omnibus touts and residents in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza recently.
Zanu PF and Grace Mugabe attack the media
MISA Zimbabwe is concerned about attacks and threats against the media by Zanu PF members, government official and the First Lady.