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MISA Zimbabwe marks Right to Know Day

MISA Zimbabwe notes with great concern that as the world commemorates the Right to Know Day celebrated annually on 28 September, Zimbabwe is still to enact a democratic access to information law as demanded for under the new Constitution. This year’s event is being...

SW Radio Africa closes after 13 years

MISA Zimbabwe bemoans the closure of the pioneer shortwave radio station, SW Radio Africa, after 13 years of affording Zimbabweans, particularly those residing in marginalised rural communities, access to diverse views and opinions. The station, which broadcast from...

Zimbabwe tightens police access to telecommunications data

The Parliamentary Legal Portfolio Committee withdrew its adverse report in the National Assembly on 10th July 2014 following the repeal of the unconstitutional Statutory Instrument (SI) 142/2013 which dealt with establishment and access of telecommunications...

Swaziland editor, lawyer re-arrested after release from jail

New York, April 10, 2014-Swaziland police on Wednesday re-arrested veteran editorBheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko three days after they had been released from prison, according to news reports. The two, who were first jailed on March 18 and held until Sunday, had written articles that criticized Swaziland”s chief justice and another judge”s handling of a case. 

MISA Zimbabwe media diversity journalism competition

As part of the Media Diversity Campaign, MISA-Zimbabwe will be running a journalistic contest hinged on coverage that promotes media freedom, diversity and access to information from October 30, 2013 to November 21, 2013. The contest is open to print, electronic and...