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Victim/
Concerned Party
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Violation/
Event/issue
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Date
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Status
of matter
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African
Tribune Newspapers (ATN), publishers of The Tribune newspaper.
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The Media
and Information Commission (MIC) denied ATN an operating licence
saying the media house had failed to meet the requirements
for re-registration in terms of the Access to Information
and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
The MIC
ruled that ATN had failed to prove that it had the requisite
capital to resume publication.
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13 July
2005
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Kindness
Paradza, the publisher of ATN insists that they met all the
requirements for re-registration in terms of the law.
The ATN’s
appeal against the cancellation of the operating licence is
still pending before the Supreme Court
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Associated
Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) publishers of The Daily News
and Daily News on Sunday.
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The MIC
refused to register ANZ as a media service provider because
it had contravened Sections 66, 72, 76, 79 of AIPPA.
The sections
in question deal with the registration of a mass media service
provider, operating without a registration certificate and
accreditation of journalists.
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18 July
2005
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The MIC
said ANZ had committed an "inexcusable offence"
by publishing The Daily News without a licence in 2003.
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Associated
Newspapers of Zimbabwe
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Simon
Sipepa Nkomo, the ANZ chief executive addresses journalists
at a news conference in Harare following the MIC’s refusal
to grant the publishing house an operating licence
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20 July
2005
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The ANZ
boss said they would appeal the MIC’s decision refusing to
grant them a licence saying the government-controlled regulatory
body should have considered its application as a fresh matter
instead of making findings on its alleged breach of certain
sections of AIPPA.
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Associated
Newspapers of Zimbabwe
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The ANZ
filed its appeal with the Administration court following the
MIC’s refusal to grant them a licence.
The ANZ
says the MIC erred by refusing to duly register them on the
basis of the alleged contraventions of sections of AIPPA in
the absence of successful criminal prosecution and conviction
against the media house and its journalists.
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27 July
2005
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The matter
is still pending before the Administration Court which is
still to set a date for the hearing of the appeal.
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