Standard privately owned weekly Flata Kavinga, editor of The Midlands Observer Davison Maruziva, editor of The Standard and Professor Arthur Mutambara, leader of the other formation of the Movement for Democratic Change. questioning over an unpublished story he had investigated following a visit to the south-western border town before the presidential election run-off on 27 June 2008.however, Police in Plumtree dropped the case against Nyathi after he travelled to the border town with a lawyer engaged by MISA-Zimbabwe under its Media Defence Fund facility. Kavinga was summoned by police in Gweru following 8 July 2008 publication of a story which alleged that a police officer had reportedly been dismissed for refusing to cast a postal ballot in the 27 June 2008 presidential election runoff. Kavinga was told to retract the story by the police. Kavinga, however, said they would conduct further investigations and provide details in the paper’s next edition They are jointly charged with 10 July 2008 publishing falsehoods in violation of the repressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) as well as contempt of court as defined in the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The charges arise from the publication of an opinion piece written by Professor Mutambara. Harare regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire dismissed an application for refusal of further remand. The magistrate said it was fair and in the interest of justice that the accused remain on remand since the prosecution had provided the defence with its state papers. 33