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Court frees journalist
MISA-Zimbabwe
October 15, 2012

A correspondent of The Zimbabwean,Thomas Madhuku has been freed on charges of practicing journalism without accreditation after Harare magistrate Anita Tshuma ordered the state to put its house in order.

Magistrate Tshuma freed Madhuku after the state failed to furnish the court with a trial date. The magistrate said the state had shown that it was not ready to proceed to trial after postponing the case on several occasions.

Background

Madhuku who was on $50 bail, was arrested on 23 July 2012 while working on a story pertaining to alleged anomalies on the voters roll.

He was accused of contravening Section 78 (2) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).

Madhuku was arrested at the Registrar- General's Offices in Harare while trying to seek clarification from Registrar- General Tobaiwa Mudede on anomalies he had identified on the voter's roll for Chipinge South constituency.

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