offence within the next five years. He
was arrested on Tuesday, 6 November
2012 on allegations of operating a media
house without a licence.

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Date: November 12, 2012
Person/ institution: MISA-Zimbabwe
Violation/ issue: Other
Veteran broadcast journalist
publishes memoirs
The Chairperson of MISA-Zimbabwe
Njabulo Ncube has urged Zimbabwean
journalists to write and produce memoirs on their professional experiences
and the momentous events and policy
decisions that influenced the shaping of
the country’s socio-economic, political
and cultural development. Ncube was
speaking during a press club debate at
the Bulawayo Press Club on 9 November
2012 on the role of journalists in educating and enhancing access to information
through writing their own memoirs.

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Date: November 29, 2012
Person/ institution: Ropafadzo
Mapimhidze, Newsday
Violation/ issue: Legislation
Newsday features and supplements
editor Ropafadzo Mapimhidze is facing charges of contravening the Postal
and Telecommunications Act for allegedly threatening Zaka chief Rangarirai
Nhema. Mapimhidze’s lawyer Martin
Mureri said Nhema claimed that Mapimhidze had made threatening telephone
calls to him. She is likely to be charged
under Section 88(c) of the Postal and

Telecommunications Act (Chapter 12:05
which makes it unlawful to make a telephone call without reasonable cause
for the purpose of causing annoyance,
inconvenience or needless anxiety. Nhema alleges that he was threatened by
Mapimhidze with unspecified actions if
he continued to harass MDC supporters
in his area. If convicted, she could face
a six- months’ prison term or a fine not
exceeding US$100.

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Date: November 29, 2012
Person/ institution: NewsDay,
Hardlife Samuwi
Violation/ issue: Threatened
Anglican Bishop Nolbert Kunonga on
28 November 2012 threatened to shoot
NewsDay
photojournalist
Hardlife
Samuwi who was covering his eviction
from the church’s properties in Harare.
This followed a Supreme Court order for
him to surrender a Mazda 626, Toyota
Fortuner and Toyota Hilux and to vacate
the Anglican Cathedral and deliver all
assets belonging to the Church of the
Province of Central Africa by end of day
on 27 November 2012.
MISA-Zimbabwe condemns the bishop’s
ominous threats as unbecoming of a
man of God and urges the government
to guarantee the safety and security
of journalists going about their lawful professional duties of gathering and
disseminating information in the public
interest. We will continue to monitor the
situation.




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