The private media in Zimbabwe has been indicted for continuing to abet the West’s regime change agenda and Government is doing all it can to ensure that the media follow professional ethics. Addressing the 3rd Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation here yesterday,...
Media violations
Further remand for Beitbridge journalist
MISA-Zimbabwe Alert Update 20 June 2016 Beitbridge-based journalist Wellington Mukanhaire facing charges of breaching Section 78 (2) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) has been remanded to appear in court on 29 June 2016. The section...
Zanu PF youths assault journalist
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...
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.