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Government concedes AIPPA and BSA must fall
The Zimbabwean government has conceded that the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and Broadcasting Services Act (BSA) should be replaced as they are not in sync with the new constitutional dispensation. Appearing before the...
Threat to blackout foreign-based radio stations
MISA-Zimbabwe Media Alert 13 January 2016 Threat to blackout foreign-based radio stations The Minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Christopher Mushowe has urged the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) to draft a bill to deal with...
Charamba threatens private media
MISA-Zimbabwe Media Alert 8 January 2016 Charamba threatens private media Media, Information and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary George Charamba has threatened and warned the private media against reporting the security sector dabbling in ruling Zanu PF’s...
NewsDay journalists freed on bail
Nqaba Matshazi and Xolisani Ncube journalists with NewsDay charged with publishing falsehoods in breach of section 31 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act were on 8 January 2016 granted $200 bail each after spending a night in police custody. Sifikile...
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.
Parliament renounces stringent accreditation requirements
The Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda has renounced earlier stringent accreditation requirements for journalists who cover parliament requiring them to be first cleared by the police. This followed severe criticism by journalists and the media industry after...
UPDATE: MISA criminal defamation case postponed
Hearing in the constitutional application by MISA-Zimbabwe and four others seeking for an order declaring criminal defamation unconstitutional in terms of the new constitution, was on 22 July 2015 postponed to an unspecified date. This followed preliminary points that...
Open letter to the African Union on xenophobic attacks
MISA is among more than 100 African human rights organisations that are concerned about the xenophobic attacks in South Africa against migrants and refugees.
So this is democracy? State of media freedom in 2013
Since its foundation in 1992, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has been the primary advocate for media freedom and freedom of expression in southern Africa, issuing alerts on media freedom violations, condemnations of killings, assaults, criminal charges...