Articles by Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Newspapers to be brought before parliament as legal committee member defends report
(MISA/IFEX) – “The Daily News” and the “Zimbabwe Independent” are to be brought before parliament for allegedly trying to mislead the public over proceedings in the House on the adverse report on broadcasting regulations presented by the Parliamentary Legal Committee, “The Herald” reported on Saturday 17 March 2001. In a statement issued on Friday 16 […]
Minister and attorney general defend broadcasting regulations
(MISA/IFEX) – Minister of Justice, Parliament and Legal Affairs Patrick Chinamasa and Attorney General Andrew Chigovera have dismissed the Parliamentary Legal Committee report on broadcasting regulations as null and void, “The Herald” and “The Daily News” have reported. Speaking in parliament, Chinamasa said that the adverse report prepared by the committee declaring some sections of […]
Police investigate dailies for contempt of court
(MISA/IFEX) – Earlier this week, police warned the editors of English daily “The Namibian” and Afrikaans daily “Republikein 2000”, and the Society of Advocates, that it is investigating all three institutions for possible charges of contempt of court in relation to critical comments made by them in November and December 2000. According to a Friday, […]
Unions condemn death threats against journalist
(MISA/IFEX) – Unions representing Zimbabwean journalists this week condemned a death threat made against journalist Njabulo Ncube by a war veteran leader, “The Financial Gazette” has reported. Ncube, a reporter with “The Financial Gazette”, is the paper’s bureau chief in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city. On Saturday 10 March 2001, a war veteran leader in […]
Newspaper threatened by government department
(MISA/IFEX) – The President’s Office’s Department of Information and Publicity has threatened and castigated “The Daily News” for alleged malicious reporting on the recent events surrounding President Robert Mugabe’s visit to Belgium. In a press statement copied to “The Daily News”, the department said that a 6 March 2001 article published in the newspaper about […]
Government publishes draft Freedom of Information Bill
(MISA/IFEX) – The Zambian government has published the draft of a proposed Freedom of Information Act and invited comments from the public about its contents. The draft bill was first published in the government owned “Zambia Daily Mail” on 23 February 2001 as an advertisement and in the state owned “Times of Zambia” on 28 […]
Journalists required to produce qualifications for accreditation under proposed bill
(MISA/IFEX) – Journalists will be required to produce professional qualifications before being issued press cards under the proposed accreditation regulations, “The Herald” reported on Friday 9 March 2001. Minister of State for Information and Publicity Jonathan Moyo said the requirement was one of the proposals under consideration as the government reviews accreditation regulations. He said […]
Information Act takes effect
(MISA/IFEX) – South Africa’s “Promotion of Access to Information Act” has come into operation, with the exception of four sections. The act gives effect to the constitutional right of access to information, as envisaged in the constitution. The act regulates the right of access to any information held by the state and private bodies and […]