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VOP journalists subpoenaed to appear in court
MISA-Zimbabwe
May 12, 2006

Maria Nyanyiwa, Nyasha Bosha and Kundai Mugwanda, journalists with the Voice of the People (VOP) radio station have been subpoenaed to appear in court when the trial of their directors opens at the Harare Magistrates Courts on 15 June 2006.

Nyanyiwa, Bosha, and Mugwanda were arrested on 15 December 2005 after the police raided the VOP offices in Harare confiscating computers, equipment and administration files.

The trio were subsequently released without charges after spending four nights in police custody.

VOP directors David Masunda, Nhlanhla Ngwenya, Lawrence Chibwe, Millie Phiri, Arnold Tsunga, Isabella Matambanadzo and director John Masuku, are accused of contravening section 7(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act Chapter 12:06 as read with Section 6 (a) (b) which prohibits broadcasting without a licence.

Allegations are that the accused established an office at Beverly Court in Harare which they equipped with computers and produced programmes.

The news programmes were allegedly then dispatched to a transmitter in the Netherlands from where they were relayed to Madagascar.

The state alleges that the station in Madagascar then beamed the programmes into Zimbabwe via short wave.

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