Barred/ Censored/ Banned / Denied accreditation Victim/Concerned Party Issue Date Journalists from NewsDay and other private media houses The journalists were reportedly 19 July, 2022 barred from covering an event where First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was commissioning a clinic at the Marondera Female Open Prison in Mashonaland East province. Group of Journalists Bulawayo based journalists were 25 August, 2022 reportedly barred from covering celebrations for centenarians attended by the First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Grounds. NewsDay journalist Desmond Chingarande Chingarande was reportedly barred from entering the venue of the ruling ZANU PF’s Central Committee elections at Masvingo Teachers College in Masvingo. 9 October, 2022 Alpha Media Holdings journalists Shepherd Tozvireva, Blessed Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi, Daily News reporter Katty Nyoni and Heart and Soul TV journalists Zibusiso Ncube and Atricia Gondo Six journalists from private media houses were reportedly barred from covering an event that was happening at the State House in Zimbabwe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa was on that day appointing a Tribunal to inquire into the removal from office of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission’s spokesperson John Makamure. 17 October 2022 NewsDay, TechMag and NewZimbabwe.com journalists The ruling Zanu PF reportedly refused to accredit NewsDay journalists to cover its elective congress in Harare. NewZimbabwe.com and TechMag journalists were also reportedly barred from covering the congress. 27 October, 2022 Six journalists The journalists were covering the congress of the opposition MDC in Harare when they were reportedly threatened and barred from covering a violent incident that reportedly transpired at the congress venue. 20 December, 2022 State of the Media Report 24