Zimbabwe in the edition of the newspaper on 10 January 2010 under the headline: Mnangagwa plots fight back: talk of new splinter group. Alert Date: February 23, 2010 Person/ institution: Robert Mugabe, ZMC Violation/ issue: Legislation President Robert Mugabe on 11 February 2010 gazetted the establishment of the long awaited Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) amid expectations that the Commission will immediately call for applications for licenses for new and old players in the print media. May 24, 2010: The Zimbabwe Media commission (ZMC) was set to issue licenses by 26 May 2010. According to The Financial Gazette, sources within the Government of National Unity allege that the ZMC scheduled crucial board meetings to go through applications and issue licenses on 24-26 May 2010. The announcement of successful applicants was to be made on the last day of the meetings, the sources said. March 25, 2010: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on 19 March 2010 urged the newly constituted statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to speedily register new media houses. In a meeting with members of the Commission, Prime Minister Tsvangirai said the ZMC should rapidly implement its mandate in terms of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and the enabling Constitutional Amendment No 19. May 18, 2010: The Zimbabwe Media 120 2010 Commission (ZMC) allegedly postponed to the end of May 2010 a crucial workshop to expedite the licensing of new newspapers owing to financial problems and reports on allegations of disagreements among commissioners on resource persons to the workshop. Communiqué Date: October 24, 2010 Person/ institution: MISA-Zimbabwe, Econet Violation/ issue: Victory MISA-Zimbabwe welcomes the announcement by Zimbabwe’s largest mobile phone services provider Econet Wireless of its advanced plans to link the country with the rest of the world through a fiber optic cable through the Zambian capital of Lusaka. Alert Date: February 24, 2010 Person/ institution: Andrison Manyere, Zanu PF Violation/ issue: Detained Freelance photojournalist Andrison Manyere was detained and questioned at Zanu PF’s provincial offices in Harare at the start of a march by the party’s supporters against targeted sanctions imposed by the West on senior Zanu PF officials. Alert Date: March 2, 2010 Person/ institution: Andrison Manyere Violation/ issue: Detained Freelance photojournalist Andrison Manyere was on 1 March 2010 arrested at the Harare Magistrates Courts while filming the arrival of accused persons charged with attempting to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe. March 2, 2010: Freelance photojournalist Andrison Manyere was been released from police custody after paying US$20 admission of guilt fine for disorderly conduct in a public place. Alert Date: March 25, 2010 Person/ institution: Nunurai Jena, Security Officials Violation/ issue: Detained Freelance journalist Nunurai Jena was on 21 March 2010 detained by security officials at Beitbridge Border Post on his way home from South Africa. Jena told MISA-Zimbabwe that the incident happened after the security officials discovered that he had tape-recorded Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials as they searched and questioned passengers that were travelling with him on a Harare-bound bus. Alert Date: March 30, 2010 Person/ institution: Webster Shamu Violation/ issue: Victory Journalists should not be harassed or arrested while conducting their lawful professional duties, the Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Webster Shamu said in Harare on 28 March 2010. The minister made the rare remarks on the harassment, arrests and detention of journalists when addressing delegates at the Federation of African Journalists conference in Harare. Alert Date: March 31, 2010 Person/ institution: Stanley Gama, Feluna Nleya, Jennifer Dube, Ignatius Chombo, Phillip Chiyangwa, The Sunday Times Violation/ issue: Threatened Freelance journalist Stanley Gama was on 30 March 2010 summoned to Harare Central Police Station where he was questioned in connection with an article that appeared in the Zimbabwean edition of The Sunday Times published in South Africa. The story in question exposed alleged irregularities and corruption in the acquisition of land by Local Government and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and Harare businessperson Phillip Chiyangwa. April 7, 2010: Feluna Nleya and Jennifer Dube reporters with the privately owned Standard weekly were on 31 April 2010 questioned by police from the Law and Order Section for exposing an alleged massive land scandal involving the Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo and businessperson Philip Chiyangwa. 27 April 2010: Four journalists with the weekly Standard newspaper were summoned to appear in court on 6 May 2010 as state witnesses in the criminal defamation case against Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda and eight councillors on allegations of defaming businessman Philip Chiyangwa. April 28, 2010: Freelance journalist 2010 121