| Name
of Journalist(s)/Media House/Victim |
Violation/Crime
committed/Issue/event/
Announcement |
Date
of arrest/ Occurrence of Event/issue |
Status
of matter /proceedings
|
|
Bill
Said, deputy editor The Standard |
Saidi
received a brown envelope containing a bullet and threatening
message warning him to “watch out”. The envelope also contained
a press cutting of a cartoon that was carried by the weekly
privately owned newspaper with an illustration of baboons
having a good laugh after picking up a pay slip belonging
to soldiers of the Zimbabwe National Army who are reportedly
lowly paid. |
31
January 2007 |
A
report was made to the police, but the progress of their investigations
was still to be made known. |
|
The
Financial Gazette |
The
state-controlled Media and Information Commission was still
to register the weekly financial newspaper almost a month
after the expiry of its two-year operating licence on 31 December
2006 in terms of the restrictive Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. |
1
February 2007 |
The
Financial Gazette was still to duly register as of 28 February
2007. |
|
Peter
Moyo, Zimbabwean journalist who works for the South African-based
E-TV, Trymore Zvidzai, William Gumbo, cameraperson with the
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. |
The
three were arrested in the eastern border town of Mutare and
found in possession of video equipment which they were using
to cover illegal diamond mining activities in Marange Village
in Manicaland Province. |
6
February 2007 |
Remanded
to 20 February 2007 for trial after being charged with contravening
Section 83 (1) of AIPPA
which bars practicing journalism without accreditation. |
|
Nunurayi
Jena, freelance journalist. |
The
state-controlled Media and Information Commission (MIC) postponed
the case in which it had summoned Jena to appear before the
Commission for a hearing over an expired 2006 accreditation
card issued to him “in error” by the MIC. The MIC is arguing
that the card in question was issued at the recommendation
of an employee who has since been fired for misconduct before
the application was approved, signed and stamped by the Commission. |
14
February 2007 |
Hearing
was postponed to 23 February 2007. |
|
Zimbabwe
Republic Police. |
The
police imposed a three-month ban on demonstrations and political
rallies in Harare in terms of Section 27 of the repressive
Public
Order and Security Act (POSA) which allows for the temporary
prohibition of the holding of public gatherings within police
districts within a period of three months. The police cited
the violence, looting and destruction of property in Highfield
on 18 February 2007 and Kambuzuma on 4 February as reasons
for the ban. The police on 18 February 2007 violently stopped
a High Court sanctioned rally in Highfield which had been
planned for by the opposition MDC to launch its 2008 presidential
campaign. |
21
February 2007 |
The MDC
lodged an appeal with the Minister of Home Affairs, Kembo
Mohadi to have the bans declared null and void in terms of
POSA.
|
|
Nunurai
Jena |
Jena
appeared before the state-controlled Media and Information
Commission for a hearing in a case in which the Commission
wants to cancel an expired card that it issued to the freelance
journalist “in error” as well as delete him from the roll
of journalists. The accreditation card expired on 31 December
2006. |
23
February 2007 |
The
Media and Information Commission reserved its ruling in the
matter. |
