Articles by Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Senators lash out against newspaper
(MISA/IFEX) – On Thursday 30 August 2001, Swaziland senators lashed out against the Sunday edition of the “Times Of Swaziland”, accusing the newspaper of publishing derogatory articles which incite the Swaziland population to hate the monarchy. The senators were referring to two columns titled “To Cetshwayo With Love” and “Parliament Sketch”. These satirical columns are […]
Police in Mara release nine journalists but confiscate their equipment
(MISA/IFEX) – Nine local journalists, who were held by police in the Tarime District of the Mara region on 30 August 2001 for ten hours, were set free without charges, but their equipment was confiscated. The journalists from various private local media went to witness the signing of an agreement between two warring clans of […]
Journalist beaten, questioned and charged with publishing false news
MISA/IFEX) – On 2 September 2001, journalist Chinyeke Tembo, editor of the anti-government weekly newspaper “People’s Eye”, was pulled out of a minibus and beaten by a group of people. Tembo told MISA that on Sunday 2 September, he was travelling to Blantyre’s business district of Limbe in a public minibus when a group of […]
Court ruling allows “The Guardian of Swaziland” newspaper to resume publishing
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a MISA press statement: Court victory for “The Guardian of Swaziland” The Media Institute of Southern Africa welcomes the August 31 ruling of High Court Judge J Annandale which effectively allows “The Guardian of Swaziland” newspaper to resume publishing. The newspaper emerges from a 4-month ban, announced on May 4 […]
Police arrest more journalists
(MISA/IFEX) – A few days after the arrest of three journalists in Mara Region, northern Tanzania, 31 August 2001 newspaper reports stated that police have continued to arrest more writers, including those who were in the region to witness the signing of an agreement between two warring clans, Walyanchoka and Waanchari. According to a report […]
Reporter attacked
(MISA/IFEX) – On 27 August 2001, armed war veterans and supporters of the ruling party, Zimbabwe African National Unity Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), attacked “Daily News” reporter Mduduzi Mathuthu. Mathuthu, who is based in Zimbabwe’s second largest city, Bulawayo, was beaten while covering a farmland dispute meeting between war veterans, ZANU-PF supporters and farm owner Peter […]
New media company created by governmental decree
(MISA/IFEX) – The government of Zimbabwe has evoked the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act to amend the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Act and the Broadcasting Services Act 2001 to form a new company that will provide transmission services to broadcasters. The amendment will also make ZBC a duly licensed broadcasting entity under the Broadcasting Services […]
Vice president threatens journalists
(MISA/IFEX) – Zimbabwe’s Vice President Simon Muzenda said that the government would not hesitate to arrest journalists who wrote inaccurate stories about the country “to please Western detractors,” the 24 August 2001 edition of “The Herald” reported. Muzenda was speaking at a Zimbabwe Republic Police parade at the police training school in Harare, the capital, […]