statutory Media and Information Commission (MIC). They demanded that journalists produce MIC accreditation cards for them to cover the event. § Victory Parties Matter Date Zimbabwean freelance journalist, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku 26 March 2008 Brian Hungwe declared the Media and Information Commission’s (MIC) ban against senior journalist Brian Hungwe from practicing journalism null and void at the Supreme Court stating that the MIC did not comply with Section 85 (3) of AIPPA World Association of Newspapers The two organisations have 9 July 2008 (WAN) and World Editors Forum appealed to President Robert (WEF) Mugabe to repeal punitive “luxury” tax on newspapers imported into Zimbabwe. The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum (WEF) called on President Mugabe to remove the luxury tax on foreign publications and to end state intimidation of the independent media. 47