Kingsley Sibanda, "You feel like a bandit fighting a sitting government"
All Zimbabwean journalists are required to register with the state-appointed media board that vets applicants. Kingsley Sibanda (not his real name), 30, is struggling to survive as an unaccredited freelance journalist writing for foreign publications. 21 Nov 2008 09:08
Zimbabwe: Enemies at work, comrades in the bar
Zimbabwe is one of the few places in the world where you can still be called a "running dog of imperialism", and other choice revolutionary phrases, by a state media that seethes, daily, at the opposition. 3 Nov 2008 14:08
Zimbabwe: Media laws could be relaxed
Harare: The leadership of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is claiming that state-controlled media are still using negative reporting, in contravention of a power-sharing deal signed by the country's main political parties on 15 September, 2008. 30 Sep 2008 11:10
MISA appeals for transformation of ZBC into independent PSB
MISA-Zimbabwe believes the media and most critically radio and television, because of their wider reach, play a critical role in creating the required platform for national dialogue that will input into the envisaged era of national healing, stability, harmony, reconciliation and economic development. 17 Sep 2008 10:08
Zim journalists should lead efforts for 'fresh start'
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists are calling for a new strategy to remove harsh media laws that have been used to intimidate and stifle independent journalism. 9 Sep 2008 12:58
Court orders reinstatement of journalists suspended for not reporting positively on President Mugabe
The Labour Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to reinstate immediately, without loss of salary or benefits, six journalists who were suspended in June 2008. 13 Aug 2008 09:14
IFJ and IPI call for inquiry into journalists death
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI) are calling for an inquiry into the death of London "Times" photojournalist Richard Mills of Northern Ireland, found dead in his hotel room in Harare on 14 July and declared by the police to be the victim of asphyxiation by hanging. 31 Jul 2008 11:43
Media blackout alarms journalists
Zimbabwe's independent media say it is in no one's interests for crucial talks to take place out of the public eye. 30 Jul 2008 16:25
Rugoho-Chin'ono, CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008
Hopewell Rugoh-Chin'ono, from Zimbabwe, has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Awards ceremony. 21 Jul 2008 10:12
Sky News employees fined, released and deported
Three South African nationals employed by Sky News in Zimbabwe, Bernet Hasani Sono, Resemate Chauke and Simon Musimani, who were serving a six-month jail term have since been released after a High Court judge reviewed the sentence and commuted it to a fine. 16 Jul 2008 10:21
We've done enough damage. All we can do is send food
[Simon Jenkins] Robert Mugabe is making a mockery of liberal interventionism. He has become God's gift to cartoonists, politicians and commentators. He is depicted wielding clubs dripping in blood. He stands triumphant over a pile of skulls. He is Bokassa out of Idi Amin out of Charles Taylor. He is that old familiar, the African heart of darkness, monstrous, buffoonish, grotesque and evil. If Britain, as Kipling jeered, were ever capable of "killing Kruger with your mouth", Mugabe would long be dead. 30 Jun 2008 14:54
Zim vendor arrested for listening to ‘wrong' station
A street vendor has been arrested and faces a jail term of as much as six months for listening to critical radio program. In addition, his newspaper copies were seized. 24 Jun 2008 09:07
Where are the election observers?
There are no election observers officially on the ground with just 17 days left before Zimbabwe's presidential run-off ballot. 11 Jun 2008 08:13
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