Excerpt from the MISA Zimbabwe 2021 Annual Report
Media, elections and governance
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.
Media professionalism, accountability and safety critical during elections
Statement on media professionalism, accountability and safety during elections
Safety of journalists and access to information critical to credible SADC elections
Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa go to the polls in 2019.
Thinking Beyond: December 2018 Edition now available
The edition on Leadership: Key to unlocking Zimbabwe’s potential beyond 2018 elections is now available.
Media barred from Commission’s hearings on post-election violence
MISA Zimbabwe’s letter of concern over the barring of private media from the Commission’s public hearings.
2018 Post-Elections Brief now available for download!
This short brief highlights media related flashpoints that occurred during the 2018 electoral period. It provides a summary of events that directly and indirectly violated media freedoms in the country.
Post-2018 Elections Media Conference Resolutions
We, Zimbabwean journalists, editors and media practitioners, having gathered at a post-2018 elections review conference organised by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Zimbabwe) with the support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), hereby resolve and implore:
Journalists threatened during Chitungwiza’s mayoral elections
ZANU PF supporters and councillors on 4 September 2018 threatened journalists against taking pictures of protests that broke out during the Chitungwiza municipality mayoral elections.
MISA Constitutional Court urgent chamber application dismissed
Chief Justice Malaba this afternoon dismissed MISA Zimbabwe’s urgent chamber application to live stream the election challenge hearing scheduled for 22 August 2018, after hearing it in his chambers.