Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

(MISA/IFEX) – On 18 June 2000, Sibusiso Ndlovu, a senior photographer with “The Chronicle”, the Bulawayo-based state-owned daily paper, was attacked by suspected war veterans and ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party supporters when he tried to take pictures of the group as they clashed with members of an opposition political party, ZAPU. […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 20 June 2000, a magistrate’s court in Harare fined three “Standard” journalists for publishing a story that incorrectly stated that the draft constitution had been printed while the body responsible for the document was still soliciting opinions on it. Former acting editor of the paper Andy Moyse, reporter Chengetai Zvauya and publisher […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 21 June 2000, some twenty assailants attacked a car carrying four foreign media workers at a farm in southern Zimbabwe, in full view of Commonwealth election observers, reports the online publication “Electronic Mail & Guardian”. The four media workers – Beatrice Khadige of Agence France-Presse, Sharon Chetty of the “Sowetan” (South Africa), […]

**Updates IFEX alerts of 15 June, 29 and 12 May and 7 April 2000, 6 December, 26 and 2 November, 29 October, 25 May, 30, 19 and 1 April, 26, 25, 22, 19, 18, 17, 15, 12, 11 and 10 March 1999** (MISA/IFEX) – On 19 June 2000, the espionage trial of eleven journalists, who […]

(MISA/IFEX) – “The Standard” reports that the government has ordered journalists from the “Herald” and the Harare-based Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to cover the ruling party’s election campaign in Bulawayo and Matebeleland province, complaining of a lack of patriotism on the part of journalists working for Zimpapers and ZBC in Bulawayo. The government has allegedly […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 9 June 2000, Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Newstead Zimba announced the dissolution of the boards of all the state-owned publishing and broadcasting companies, reports the “Times of Zambia”. Those affected were Times Printpak, which publishes the newspaper “Times of Zambia”, Zambia Daily Mail, which publishes the newspaper “Zambia Daily Mail”, Zambia […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 17 June 2000, Minister of Information Chen Chimutengwende told the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) that liberalisation of the airwaves would be a top priority for the next parliament. Zimbabweans will choose members of the next parliament later this week. Minister Chimutengwende, who was speaking during an interview on ZBC’s main news programme, […]

**Correction to IFEX alert of 16 June 2000** (MISA/IFEX) – The following is a MISA correction to alert: In MISA’s Angola action alert dated 16 June 2000, the name of the governor of Kwanza-Norte was incorrectly stated. His name is Manuel Pedro Pacavira (it was incorrectly stated to be Cacadira). MISA apologises for the incovenience.