Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

(MISA/IFEX) – On 26 January 1999, police in the Zimbabwean capital Harare prevented several hundred protesters from handing over a petition to the Speaker of Parliament. The incident took place during a peaceful march to Parliament to protest the recent detention and torture of editor Mark Chavunduka and reporter Ray Choto of “The Standard” newspaper. […]

(MISA/IFEX) – The managing editor of the “Standard” newspaper, Clive Wilson, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court in Harare on 25 January 1999. His hearing was set for 11 a.m. (local time). **Updates IFEX alerts of 25 January, 22 January, 21 January, 18 January, 15 January and 13 January 1999** Wilson was arrested on 22 January […]

(MISA/IFEX) – The editor of “MoAfrika” newspaper, Candi Ramainoane, has been called upon to appear, with his lawyer, before Advocate Justice Cullinan on charges of contempt of court regarding an article published in the 22 January 1999 issue of the newspaper. Justice Cullinan is presiding over the court-martial at which forty nine soldiers are facing […]

(MISA/IFEX) – The managing-editor of the “Standard” newspaper, Clive Wilson, was arrested on 22 January 1999 by members of the police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID). **New case and update to IFEX alerts of 22 January, 21 January, 18 January, 15 January and 13 January 1999** Iden Wetherall, deputy editor of the “Zimbabwe Independent”, the sister […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Zimbabwean journalists Mark Chavunduka and Roy Choto, who were released from prison on 21 January 1999 on bail of Zim$10,000 (approx. US$255), have been sent for a full medical check-up amid the disclosure of their torture at the hands of the military. **Updates IFEX alerts of 22 January, 21 January, 18 January, 15 […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Two journalists from the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) were arrested on 19 January 1999 in the Botswana capital, Gaborone. The “Namibian” newspaper reports that Andreas Frai, a reporter, and Vincent Spiegel, a camera operator, were apparently accused of harassing several dissident Namibians being held at a house in Gaborone pending their trial on […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Angolan authorities arrested two independant radio journalists from Radio Morena in Benguela on 11 January 1999. The two journalists, who were picked up at the station at around 7:00 a.m. (local time) by Angolan Intelligence Information Officers, are station director Jose Manuel Alberto and administrator Jose Cabral Sande. The two were picked up […]

(MISA/IFEX) – The editor of the “Standard” newspaper, Mark Chavunduka, along with journalist Ray Choto have been released on bail. The two were released on 21 January 1999 shortly after appearing in the High Court in Harare on charges under Section 50 (2) of the Law and Order Maintenance Act of 1960. At this stage […]