So this is Democracy? Report on the state of media freedom in Southern Africa 2003 The Daily News and Daily News on Sunday was closed down on September 12 2003 on charges that it was publishing illegally without a state license. It published again for one day on October 25 2003 and early in 2004. In February 2004 the government appointed Media and Information Commission denied Daily News journalists accreditation to practice. The newspaper, the largest circulating daily and one of the few independent publications in Zimbabwe, has since closed its doors. Photo: AP