Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

(MISA/IFEX) – On 6 June 2000, Chenjerai Hunzvi, the chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association, gave what he called a “last warning” to the independent daily “The Daily News”, to desist from publishing articles that tarnished his image and that of his organisation. Hunzvi told reporters at a press conference that he […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Journalist Domingos Mussamo has been found not guilty of “violating state secrets”. The journalist had been charged following an unpublished article that made reference to a letter from the provincial governor to President Eduardo Dos Santos. However, the local governor’s press secretary, Augustinho Mateus Augusto, was found guilty of the crime and received […]

(MISA/IFEX) – The Mozambican Attorney-General’s (AG) office has made an attempt to force the independent newsheet “Metical” to reveal the name of one its sources, even though the right of journalists to protect their sources is guaranteed under the 1991 Press Law, reports the Mozambican news agency, AIM. The editor of “Metical”, Carlos Cardoso, received […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Police in Tanzania’s Kigoma Region arrested three Muslim activists and confiscated at least seventy-seven tape cassettes containing speeches against government leaders and other religions. The incident took place on 25 May 2000, according to a “Guardian” newspaper report. The Kigoma regional police commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP) Placid Chaka, told the newspaper […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 23 May 2000, a Magistrate’s court ruled that a prima facie case had been established against a former opposition member of parliament, Stephan Wassira, for allegedly attacking the managing editor of “Hoja” newspaper, Yasin Rwiza Sadiki, in August 1999. The ruling means Wassira will now face criminal charges of assault and threatening […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Eleven journalists, all of who were working for the privately owned “Post” newspaper at the time of their arrest, appeared in the Lusaka High Court on 24 May 2000 in the continuation of their trial for espionage. The eleven accused included “Post” newspapers editor-in-chief Fred M’membe and journalists Joe Kaunda, Douglas Hampande, Reuben […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 22 May 2000, Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare Dawson Lupunga reportedly ordered a photojournalist from the “Post” newspaper to leave a press briefing he was addressing, accusing the newspaper of “negative reporting”. According to a report in the “Zambia Daily Mail”, Lupunga ordered Sheikh Chifuwe to leave the briefing saying, […]

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