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This article participates on the following special index pages:
New Constitution-making process - Index of articles
Referendum
- correction of foreign media practioners' fees and warning about
publishing false information - Constitution Watch 13/2013
Veritas
March 06, 2013
Read Constitution
Watch 12/2013
and 16/2013
for more information on accreditation of observers.
Referendum
Correction:
Fees for Foreign Media Accreditation
In Constitution
Watch 12/2013 dated 4th March we listed incorrect [much too
low] application and temporary accreditation fees for foreign media
practitioners. The latest Statutory Instrument setting the current
fees is available on request from veritas@mango.zw
The
correct fees payable to Zimbabwe Media Commission [ZMC] for accreditation
of foreign media practitioners are as follows:
Media Practitioners
from SADC per individual for 60 days
- Application
fee $50
- Accreditation
fee $30
Media Practitioners
from other African countries per individual for 60 days
- Application
fee $50
- Accreditation
fee $100
Media Practitioners
from rest of world per individual for 60 days
- Application
fee $50
- Accreditation
fee $250
Extension
of Accreditation for Foreign Media Practitioners
- For all categories
per individual $100
The ZMC offices
are situated in the Media Centre in the grounds of the Rainbow Towers
Hotel and Harare International Conference Centre. ZMC telephone
number is Harare 253509.
Prior
Clearance by Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity
All foreign
media practitioners need a clearance letter from the Ministry of
Media, Information and Publicity to present when applying for accreditation
from ZMC. Accreditation will not be granted without it.
If a foreign
media practitioner needs a Visa to enter the country, this will
not be granted without this clearance letter from the Ministry of
Media, Information and Publicity.
An application
for a clearance letter should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary
for Media, Information and Publicity, P.O. Box CY1276, Causeway,
Harare or by email to commint09@gmail.com
and should state full personal details, passport number, reason
for application and period of clearance applied for.
We should
also draw the media’s attention – both local and foreign
– to the following:
- Broadcasting
or Publication of False or Misleading Information
If it comes
to the attention of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission that any broadcaster
[including the public broadcaster ZBC] or print publisher [newspaper
or magazine] that any YES or NO campaigner is publishing information
on the Referendum question [YES/NO
to the draft constitution] that ZEC thinks is either:
- materially
false or incorrect; or
- likely to
prevent a substantial number of voters from making an informed
choice in the Referendum
ZEC may by written
notice order the broadcaster or published concerned to cease publishing
the information or alter the information to make it accurate and
fair, or to retract or correct the information in a way directed
by ZEC in its notice. Failure to comply immediately is an offence
attracting a fine of up to $300,00 or one year’s imprisonment.
[New Referendums Regulations, SI 26/2013, section 12]
Read Constitution
Watch 12/2013
and 16/2013
for more information on accreditation of observers.
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