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The editor of the Financial Gazette Sunsley Chamunorwa confirmed that they were still to have their licence renewed after lodging the requisite re-registration documents. Chamunorwa told MISA-Zimbabwe on 31 January 2006 that he would only give details after their meeting with the statutory regulatory body, the Media and Information Commission (MIC) on 1 February 2006 (today).

On reports that the MIC was refusing to renew their licence demanding that the paper first discloses its owners, Chamunorwa said he was not yet in a position to provide further details.

MIC chairman Tafataona Mahoso, however reportedly confirmed to Zimonline that his commission had not renewed the weekly's license but refused to be drawn to disclose further details. "It must be known that it is not an automatic renewal, there are things that we look at ... before granting a license and we are still looking at their application," Mahoso told Zimonline. He added: "We are not saying they will get a license or not." Newspapers renew their publishing licenses after every two years while journalists, who also require licenses to practice, must renew theirs after every 12 months.

The weekly’s general manager Jacob Chisese confirmed the paper was still to receive a new license from the MIC. According to Zimonline, Chisese refused to disclose details for confidentiality reasons but he expressed hope that his paper would soon have its license renewed. He said: "I can confirm we have not received our license and we hope to get it as soon as possible like the others. Issues to do with licenses are confidential so we cannot just go public over the matter because there are still issues we are clearing (with the MIC)."

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