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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:06
HARARE - Police yesterday pounced on the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent Dumisani Muleya and reporter Owen Gagare for allegedly publishing “falsehoods”. They were charged and released after signing a warned and cautioned statement. Muleya and Gagare were charged under...Read More
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Friday, 03 May 2013 10:45
HARARE - Amid pomp and fanfare that blanketed the grinding poverty, Zimbabwe recently celebrated its 33rd birthday — but for journalists there is not much to celebrate. The country has only one television station which dates back to the colonial era...Read More
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Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:28
HARARE - Dictators and press freedom predators are impervious to the truth. They have no respect for the freedoms of citizens and see shadows where journalists and purveyors of the truth are involved. This is the situation that our colleagues in...Read More
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Tuesday, 02 April 2013 11:05
HARARE - Deputy minister of Information and Publicity Murisi Zvizwai has said foreign journalists are welcome to cover political and crucial events taking place in Zimbabwe unhindered, contradicting his permanent secretary George Charamba. The deputy minister said this following an announcement...Read More
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Thursday, 28 March 2013 09:22
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has urged all media practitioners to remain united despite working for different media organisations as that is the only way to speak with one voice in addressing the welfare of journalists. The...Read More
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Sunday, 27 January 2013 12:20
BULAWAYO - Former journalism lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) and Fort Hare University head of department, Bhekimpilo Sibanda, has described Zimbabwean journalists as the most educated but a frightened lot who squirm from freely executing their...Read More
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Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:52
HARARE - Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by a recent wave of arrests of journalists in Zimbabwe and urges the authorities to stop trying to intimidate independent privately-owned media and to take measures against those responsible for physical attacks on reporters....Read More
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Monday, 15 October 2012 12:42
HARARE - The diversity among the 2012 National Journalism And Media Awards, (Njama) winners was a reflection of how much the competition had grown and how journalists from across the country appreciated their value. The annual media awards are coordinated by...Read More
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Saturday, 15 September 2012 13:19
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday officially opened the controversial Defence College in Mazowe under a cloud of secrecy as private and foreign press was barred from the event. The Daily News crew was denied entrance by soldiers who said only...Read More
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012 12:06
MASVINGO - Senior journalists in Masvingo have launched the Masvingo Journalists Development Forum (MJDF), an organisation set to steer development for members of the press and different societies they work in. The organisation, the first of its kind countrywide, was launched...Read More
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Monday, 10 September 2012 10:05
HARARE - Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) last week restructured four branches in Bulawayo amid efforts to strengthen unionism and fostering a united media workforce in the country. ZUJ President, Dumisani Sibanda and secretary-general Foster Dongozi, who facilitated the restructuring...Read More
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Sunday, 02 September 2012 10:08
HARARE - Journalists have been urged to move away from political and civil issues and concentrate on socio- economic issues to develop the nation. At a capacity-building workshop in Masvingo attended by a team of UN members and journalists, participants concluded...Read More
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