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   Zim: TV journalists arrested and held during cabinet meetingHARARE: Reporters Without Borders yesterday, 22 October 2009, condemned mistreatment by Zimbabwean intelligence agents of two journalists working for Arab satellite TV station al-Jazeera. 23 Oct 2009 11:20 Zim: IFJ cautiously welcomes media reforms pledge
Zim: Parliament submits Media Commission nominationsHARARE: The Parliamentary Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 said it had endorsed 12 persons whose names have been submitted to the president for appointment to the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) contrary to media reports that the process had been put on hold. 21 Aug 2009 10:52 Zim: Gov't must fulfil media freedom obligationsHARARE: MISA-Zimbabwe held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Harare on 15 August 2009 during which its chairperson, Loughty Dube, urged the inclusive government to fulfil its obligations as required in terms of regional and international instruments that protect media freedom and freedom of expression. 20 Aug 2009 12:25 Zim to have new media commission[Dumisani Ndlela] 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. 12 Jun 2009 10:14 May, a difficult month for Zimbabwean journalistsJournalists 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. 25 May 2009 10:16 Zimbabwe media defense lawyer arrestedNEW 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. 15 May 2009 09:44 Zimbabwe: Laws used to "criminalise journalism", minister
Rights-Zimbabwe: Journalists spurn govt summit on press freedom[Busani Bafana] 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'. 8 May 2009 11:31 Zimbabwe: Media to boycott reform conferenceHARARE: 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. 6 May 2009 09:54 Zim: Fixed line licence sets off row in government[Sam Hungwe] 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. 28 Apr 2009 11:23 Zim: Internet survives fall in media demand[Sam Hungwe] The internet survived a slump in patronage or visibility that affected all the other media in Zimbabwe from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008, the Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services (ZAMPS) survey has revealed. 23 Mar 2009 12:18 Zimbabwean journalists placed on EU sanctions listSeven journalists and senior managers with the state media have been added to the European Union's (EU) targeted sanctions lists for whipping up a government orchestrated terror campaign before and during the June 2008 presidential runoff. 10 Feb 2009 08:08 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), cautiously welcomed recent announcements made by the coalition government in its effort to turn over a new leaf on six years of intimidation and stifling of independent journalists. 
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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