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‘ Constitution Allows Media To Freely Speak About Security Sectors,..No Sacred Cows!’ Jonathan Moyo

Posted on January 17, 2016January 17, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed the notion that the security sector cannot be scrutinised by journalists as fears of a government crackdown on the private media mount. Information minister Chris Mushohwe repeated his controversial claims last week that the security sector was “sacred” in a veiled threat to the private media. President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba has also issued similar threats that have been amplified by the State media in…

AIPPA law- ‘ Journalist sentenced to 1yr in prison for publishing a newspaper without gvt registration’

Posted on June 27, 2015June 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A ZIMBABWEAN journalist has been sentenced to a year in jail for publishing a newspaper without government registration, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) said Friday. Foster Dongozi, ZUJ secretary-general, said Patrick Chitongo was convicted by a magistrate’s court on Thursday and received a one-year prison sentence. “It’s a sad day for press freedom when people are jailed for disseminating information,” Dongozi told AFP. “However, we advise that, much as we disagree with the law…