(g) to circulate reports and materials he prepared under his signature, under a pseudonym or without any signature. 79 Accreditation of journalists (1) No journalist shall exercise the rights provided in section seventy-eight in Zimbabwe without being accredited by the Commission. (2) Subject to subsection (4), no journalist shall be accredited who is not a citizen of Zimbabwe, or is not regarded as permanently resident in Zimbabwe by virtue of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02]. (3) Any person who wishes to be accredited as a journalist shall make an application to the Commission in the form and manner and accompanied by the fee, if any, prescribed: Provided that a mass media service or news agency may file an application for accreditation on behalf of journalists employed by such mass media service or news agency. (4) A journalist who is not a citizen of Zimbabwe, or is not regarded as permanently resident in Zimbabwe by virtue of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02], may be accredited for a limited period. (5) The Commission may accredit an applicant as a journalist and issue a press card to the applicant if it is satisfied that the applicant— (a) has complied with the prescribed formalities; and (b) possesses the prescribed qualifications; and (c) is not disqualified by virtue of subsection (2), or applies for accreditation in terms of subsection (4). (6) Every news agency that operates in Zimbabwe, whether domiciled inside or outside Zimbabwe, shall in respect of its local operations not employ or use the services of any journalist other than an accredited journalist who is a citizen of Zimbabwe, or is regarded as permanently resident in Zimbabwe by virtue of the Immigration Act [Chapter 4:02]: Provided that the news agency may employ or use the services of a journalist referred to in subsection (4) for the duration of that journalist’s accreditation. 80 Abuse of journalistic privilege (1) A journalist shall be deemed to have abused his journalistic privilege and committed an offence if he does the following— (a) falsifies or fabricates information; (b) publishes falsehoods; (c) except where he is a freelance journalist, collects and disseminates information on behalf of a person other than the mass media service that employs him without the permission of his employer; (d) contravenes any of the provisions of this Act. (2) A person who contravenes subparagraphs (a) to (d) of section (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years. 34