| The
Zimbabwe Independent and the area prosecutor for Manicaland,
Levison Chikafu. |
The
Minister of National Security Didymus Mutasa, threatens to
sue the Independent and Chikafu over the publication of statements
made in an open court. |
11
August 2006 |
Mutasa’s
threats arise from the court case in which the Minister of
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa
was being accused of trying to defeat the course of justice
by attempting to coerce a Zanu PF secretary for information,
James Kaunye, to drop charges of violence against Mutasa supporters.
Chinamasa has since been acquitted of the charges. |
| Opposition
parliamentarians, Job Sikhala, Goodrich Chimbaira and 20 Chitungwiza
residents.
Sikhala and Chimbaira are parliamentarians
for St Marys and Zengeza respectively. |
Charged
for staging an allegedly illegal demonstration against Chitungwiza
Municipality following an increase in water charges in contravention
of the Public
Order and Security Act (POSA). |
16
August 2006 |
They
are on Z$300 bail (USd 1, 2) each. |
| Broadcasting
Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) chairman Pikirayi Deketeke. |
Deketeke
blamed the Ministry of Information and Publicity for the delays
in the issuing of broadcasting licenses to private players
and for community radio stations as it had not responded to
the enabling recommendations submitted by the licensing authority
that would easy the entry of private players.
He was giving evidence before
the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Communications
on why BAZ had not met its June/July deadline to issue licenses
for community radio stations. |
24
August 2006 |
The
ministry was still to publicly respond by the end of August
notwithstanding that no private players have been issued with
broadcasting licenses since the enactment of the Broadcasting
Services Act in 2001. |
