(RSF/IFEX) – An eight-page edition of the independent newspaper “The Daily News” hit newsstands on the streets of the capital, Harare, on the morning of 22 January 2004, ending a ban of more than four months that was lifted by the High Court on 21 January. RSF welcomed the beleaguered newspaper’s return. “We are very […]
(RSF/IFEX) – An eight-page edition of the independent newspaper “The Daily News” hit newsstands on the streets of the capital, Harare, on the morning of 22 January 2004, ending a ban of more than four months that was lifted by the High Court on 21 January.
RSF welcomed the beleaguered newspaper’s return. “We are very happy to see the country’s only independent daily back on sale,” the organisation said. “It is good news for news and information pluralism in Zimbabwe. Local people will finally have access to critical news, quite distinct from what appears in the official press. We hope that this episode in the story of ‘The Daily News’ is now closed and the authorities will allow the newspaper’s journalists to work in complete freedom and safety,” RSF added.
Sipepa Nkomo, managing director of the press group that owns “The Daily News”, explained that the paper’s first special edition carried already-published articles and was solely designed to advertise the fact that the newspaper was back on newsstands.
