(MISA/IFEX) – More than 100 copies of “The Daily News” were torn up and the newspaper’s vendors were harassed in an attack by ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party youth. The incident occurred in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, on 13 March 2002. “The Daily News” is an independent daily newspaper in […]
(MISA/IFEX) – More than 100 copies of “The Daily News” were torn up and the newspaper’s vendors were harassed in an attack by ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party youth. The incident occurred in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, on 13 March 2002. “The Daily News” is an independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe.
Vendors were accused of supporting the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. The youths threatened the vendors with “eviction from the streets.”
Similarly, on Friday 8 March, more than 150 copies of “The Daily News” newspaper were torn up by the youths in the high-density suburb of Lobengula and Herbert Chitepo streets, in the city centre.
A vendor reported that his newspapers and daily takings were taken from him after he was accused of “insubordination”. The “Daily News” reports that no arrests were made and the police refused to comment.
