Zimbabwe and private media houses, especially at senior level/ editors’ level. There is greater solidarity, however, among reporters and civic society when it comes to arrests, regardless of political affiliation. If, for example, a journalist of a private newspaper has been arrested, the state newspapers will officially celebrate the downfall of this worker, but the journalists from both state and private media will flock to the court room to show their solidarity. SCORES: Individual score: 5, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5 Average score: 4.5 Overall score for section 4: 2.1 38 African Media Barometer - Zimbabwe 2006