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ZMC ready to license new publications
MISA-Zimbabwe
May 04, 2010

The statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is set to receive applications for registration by media houses with effect from 4 May 2010 in a development that raises hope for the return of the banned The Daily News and other new publications.

Zimbabwe has not had privately owned daily newspapers since the ban in 2003 of The Daily News and Daily News on Sunday by the defunct Media and Information Commission in terms of the draconian Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).

Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) which publishers of the Zimbabwe Independent and Standard weeklies, welcomed the announcement by the ZMC saying this brings to an end the group's long wait to publish its daily newspaper, Newsday. "It's a major development. After having waited for two years to get a license for NewsDay, it is now a matter of time before we can get the go ahead to start publishing," said AMH chief executive officer Raphael Khumalo.

This development comes in the wake of the gazetting of registration fees for media houses and accreditation of journalists on 30 April 2010. "All new applications for both registrations of mass media services and accreditation of journalists can be lodged with the commission on the same date (4 May 2010)," said the ZMC in statement.

Application fees for mass media services have fixed at US$500 and registration fees registration fees at US$1 500. Publishers renewing their licences will pay US$100. Accreditation fees for individual journalists has been set at US$10.

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