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Registration fees for media gazetted
The Herald (Zimbabwe)
January 01, 2007

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GOVERNMENT has gazetted application fees for the registration of mass media services and accreditation of journalists.

Application for registration of mass media service and a news agency would be $600 000.

This is made up of an application fee of $100 000 and a registration fee of $500 000.

A Zimbabwean journalist working for a local media house will pay $10 000 application fee and $15 000 accreditation fee, while a local freelance journalist will pay an application fee of $15 000 and an accreditation fee of $20 000.

The late renewal of accreditation will attract a penalty of $10 000 per day, $100 000 per day for late renewal of registration and $25 000 for a lost accreditation card.

A local journalist working for a foreign media would pay an application fee of US$200 and an accreditation fee of US$1 000.

Application for a temporary accreditation for a foreign journalist will cost US$100 while accreditation would cost US$500.

Application for permission to operate a representative office of foreign mass media service or news agency would attract an application fee of US$2 000 and a US$10 000 fee for permission to operate.

The fees were gazetted under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (Registration, Accreditation and Levy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 (No.3) published in last Friday's Government Gazette.

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