Zimbabwe journalists in the private media on the basis that “you know I do not speak to your paper”. Whether access is granted or not very much depends on the person applying: whether one is seen as a supporter of government or “being against the establishment”. Journalists applying for access to official records and documents are viewed with suspicion. For example, a reporter looking for a copy of a newspaper published in 1979 could not get it from the National Archives simply because he was a journalist from the independent media and therefore perceived to have sinister motives for wanting to get hold of it. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average score: 1.1 1.7 Civil society in general and media lobby groups actively advance the cause of media freedom. ANALYSIS: Civil society groups often fail to speak with one voice because they compete for space and influence. Various groups are looking after their own specific causes without adopting a broader approach, and they are competing for funding from the same donor organisations. The situation is worsened by a polarisation between “pro- regime” and “anti- regime” groups. Despite the above, core groups of civil society have generally been making efforts to advance the cause of media freedom, among them the Media Institute of Southern Africa – Zimbabwe Chapter (MISA), the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, the Zimbabwe Independent Editors Forum (ZINEF), the Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe and the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ). 10 African Media Barometer - Zimbabwe 2006