SECTOR 1 announced through the state media (without any formal communication with the appointees themselves). The ZMC was officially constituted in February 2010. Up to the end of April 2010 the commission had held four meetings and decided on fees for the registration of mass media servicesii . Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator. 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.0 (2008: n/a; 2006: n/a) 1.6 Entry into and practice of the journalistic profession is legally unrestricted. Analysis: Since an amendment to AIPPA in December 2007 the accreditation of journalists with the Media Commission is no longer compulsory. But the amended act still contains a number of provisions regarding accreditation. Media services can make “a block application or individual applications” for journalists employed by them and part-time or freelance journalists may make such applications in order to receive a press card. Only journalists who are accredited are allowed “to visit Parliament and any public body” and “attend any national event” or “public event”. The commission can impose sanctions on a journalist who “abuses his or her journalistic privilege” by suspending the accreditation for up to three months. ii A week after the panel meeting, on 4 May 2010, the Commission issued guidelines for registration that require applicants to provide a code of ethics, projected balance sheet, editorial charter, code of conduct for employees, market analysis, mission statement, house style book and projected three-year cash flow statement, as well as attach a dummy. At the end of May, the Commission approved the applications of three new daily newspapers (Newsday, owned by private Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of the Zimbabwe Independent, Daily Mail, to be published by the Youth Empowerment Fund believed to be aligned to ZANU PF, Daily Gazette, supposedly owned by central bank governor Gideon Gono), registered The Worker as a weekly publication and re-registered the previously banned The Daily News. 20 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZIMBABWE 2010