This document is based on country reports for Angola, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Media violations
State of the Media 2021 report now available!
The 2021 state of the media report looks at the media landscape and operating environment with regards to freedom of expression, access to information, digital rights, media sustainability and media freedom in Zimbabwe.
Rwandan journalist ‘abducted’ in Mozambique
Rwandan journalist Ntamuhanga Cassien has reportedly gone missing in Mozambique.
Magistrate dismisses Chin’ono’s exception to public violence charges
Update on the Hopwell Chin’ono case before the courts on the incitement to commit public violence charge.
Ruling on exception postponed in Chin’ono matter
Update in the matter regarding journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s trial.
Chin’ono pleads not guilty to inciting public violence
Hopewell Chin’ono trial kicks off at Magistrate’s Court on 17 May 2021.
Zim Morning Post journalists charged with criminal insult
Zim Morning Post journalists charged with criminal insult.
Prosecutor-General challenges Chin’ono’s acquittal
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has reportedly filed an application for rescission of the acquittal of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono by the High Court on charges of publishing falsehoods.
Journalist objects to confirmation of admission of guilt fine
Mutare-based journalist Sydney Saize is objecting to confirmation of the admission of guilt fine he paid following his arrest in the eastern border town on 1 May 2021 for criminal nuisance. Saize, who is duly accredited with the Zimbabwe Media Commission as a...
Malawi man arrested over Facebook post
A Malawi man has been arrested over a Facebook post in which he allegedly advised his compatriots to continuously check their bank accounts as money was being stolen in financial institutions.