Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef)

Blitz On State Media Journalists Drives Calls Realignment Of Media Laws To Zimbabwe’s New Constitution By Law Makers

Posted on November 10, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

LOCAL print and broadcast media editors have vowed more impetus to force the slow paced realignment of media laws to the country’s new Constitution by law makers. At an editors’ workshop in Harare last week, the news gatekeepers noted the continued use of the old charter by the state to clamp down on free expression. Top among the laws cited during the seminar was the one compelling scribes to reveal their news sources when called…

Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef), Condemns The Arbitrary Arrest of Sunday Mail Journalists

Posted on November 3, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef), Acting Chairperson Njabulo Ncube has condemned in the strongest terms the arbitrary arrest of Sunday Mail editor Mabasa Sasa, investigating editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo. The trio was nabbed on Monday following the publication of a story in the latest edition of the weekly newspaper which fingered top police in the killing of elephants at Hwange National Park. Said Ncube in a statement “As the representative of…