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AIPPA accreditation fees gazetted
MISA-Zimbabwe
January 03, 2007

The government on 30 December 2006 gazetted the application fees for the registration of mass media services and accreditation of journalists for 2007 in terms of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).

The fees were gazetted under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (Registration, Accreditation and Levy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 (No.3) published in the Government Gazette on 30 December 2006.

Application for registration of mass media service and a news agency would be $600 000 (USd (USd 24)

This is made up of an application fee of $100 000 (USd 4) and a registration fee of $500 000 (USd 20). The official exchange rate is fixed at USd1 to Z$250 000.

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.

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