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Minister
promises to reform media in Zimbabwe
MISA-Zimbabwe
February 20, 2009
http://www.misazim.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=462&Itemid=1
The newly appointed
Media, Information and Publicity deputy minister Jameson Timba has
promised to restore media freedom in Zimbabwe by immediately returning
closed publications, and freeing the airwaves in accordance to Article
19 of the Global
Political Agreement (GPA).
Article 19 of
the GPA states the government shall ensure the immediate processing
by the appropriate authorities of all applications for re-registration
and registration in terms of both the Broadcasting
Services Act (BSA) and the Access
to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
Independent newspapers,
the Daily News and its sister paper, the Daily News on Sunday and
the Tribune were shut down in 2003 and 2004, respectively in contravention
of various provisions of the AIPPA.
Minister Timba emphasised
the ministries mandate, as that of embarking on media reforms that
would create an open media environment and in particular the revision
of existing media legislation in order to promote democracy through
freedom of expression and the media.
He also gave assurance
that he would look into the issue of banned international news organisations
such as British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) and the Cable News
Network (CNN).
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