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Zim to have new media commission

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:14:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's parliament has begun the process of establishing the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), days after the High Court declared the Media and Information Commission (MIC) defunct and ordered that it stop accrediting of journalists.
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Namibian Information Communication Bill reintroduced in Parliament

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:37:00 +0200

Namibia's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has gazetted the Information Communications Bill. Speaking in Parliament in early June 2009 when the Bill was reintroduced, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Joel Kaapanda says the Bill, "will revolutionise the ICT industry of Namibia and provide for the effective regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal services through a new independent and autonomous regulatory authority for Namibia".
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May, a difficult month for Zimbabwean journalists

Mon, 25 May 2009 10:16:00 +0200

Journalists in Zimbabwe continue to be arrested amid a newly launched 100-day plan to deal with the country's insolvency, human rights abuses and other troubles. Over the past month, four journalists, 18 human rights activists and a media lawyer have been arrested. Two other journalists are shortly due to appear in court to face charges of defamation.
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Zimbabwe media defense lawyer arrested

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:44:00 +0200

NEW YORK: Police in Zimbabwe should immediately release Alec Muchadehama, a prominent human rights lawyer targeted for his work on behalf of journalist Anderson Shadreck Manyere and others, the Committee to Protect Journalists said yesterday, 14 May 2009.
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Zimbabwe: Laws used to 'criminalise journalism', minister

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:10:00 +0200

HARARE: A senior Zimbabwean government official has admitted that laws passed by the previous administration were still being used to "criminalise journalism" and needed to be changed, after two more journalists were arrested earlier this week.
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Botswana: Publishers challenge Media Practitioners Act in court

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:11:00 +0200

Botswana publishers, on 6 May 2009, registered a statutory notice with the attorney general and the Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, challenging the Media Practitioners Act of 2008.
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Rights-Zimbabwe: Journalists spurn govt summit on press freedom

Fri, 08 May 2009 11:31:00 +0200

BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe's unity government is stuttering in its attempt at restoring press freedom in a country which had once branded independent journalists as ‘enemies of the state'.
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Zimbabwe: Media to boycott reform conference

Wed, 06 May 2009 09:54:00 +0200

HARARE: The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) have called for a media reform conference taking place this week to be boycotted after two Zimbabwean journalists were arrested for the second time.
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Zim: Fixed line licence sets off row in government

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:23:00 +0200

Plans by Information and Communications Technology Minister Nelson Chamisa to re-issue TeleAccess (Zimbabwe) a second fixed line operator's licence had incensed President Robert Mugabe, sources said.
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Botswana media head down the Zimbabwe path

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:55:00 +0200

GABORONE: The Media Practitioners Act (MPA) and the Intelligence and Security Act (ISA) recently enacted by the state “as a way of bringing accountability to the media” and safe guarding sovereignty have been described by journalists here as draconian legislatures that trample on democracy by muzzling the media and usurping basic civil rights.
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