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Zimbabwe government sets aside US$100 000 to fight cholera
Paidamoyo Muzulu, The Daily Mirror (Zimbabwe)
January 14, 2006

http://www.zimmirror.co.zw/daily/index.cfm?

Accreditation fees for journalists, news agencies and mass media services have been hiked by more than 1 600 percent.

The new fees were announced in yesterday's Government Gazette, under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (Registration, Accreditation and Levy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 (No.2). Local journalists who work for local papers now have to pay $50 000 application fees and $200 000 registration fees as compared to $3 000 and $6 000, respectively, in the previous year.

Application and registration fees for mass media services have also been increased to $250 000 and $1 000 000 respectively. Freelance journalists who write for local papers now have to part away with $150 000 for them to be accredited while those who contribute to foreign news organisations pay US$1 050.

Temporary accreditation for foreign journalists is now pegged at US$600. Those applying for permission to operate a representative office of foreign mass media service or news agency are now paying US $2000 and the permission fee to operate is US $10000.

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