Zimbabwe accreditation with the statutory Media and Information Commission. Communiqué Date: October 12, 2010 Person/ institution: Edwin Dube Violation/ issue: Other MISA-Zimbabwe learnt with great shock and sadness the tragic death of Edwin Dube, deputy editor with the Zimbabwe Independent. Dube, 37, was killed in a traffic accident in the Midlands town of Gweru on the evening of 11 October 2010. Communiqué Date: October 18, 2010 Person/ institution: GEMSA, MISA, Journalists Violation/ issue: Victory Two Zimbabwean journalists on 15 October 2010 scooped regional awards at the fourth Gender and Media Summit Awards convened by Gender Links, Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) in Johannesburg. Communiqué Date: October 19, 2010 Person/ institution: MISA-Zimbabwe, Ntepe community radio station Violation/ issue: Victory MISA-Zimbabwe on 16 October 2010 set up the first rural community radio in Ntepe, 40kms South-West of Gwanda town. Ntepe community radio station is the first rural community radio initiative in Zimbabwe. 126 2010 Alert Date: October 29, 2010 Person/ institution: Journalists, State Security, Robert Mugabe Violation/ issue: Banned State security agents on 15 October, 2010 allegedly blocked accredited journalists from covering the graduation ceremony at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, officiated by President Robert Mugabe. Alert Date: November 2, 2010 Person/ institution: Andrison Manyere, Nkosana Dhlamini Violation/ issue: Detained Freelance journalists Andrison Manyere and Nkosana Dhlamini were arrested and detained overnight at Waterfalls police station in Harare on 30 October 2010 while covering a constitutional information gathering meeting. Alert Date: November 8, 2010 Person/ institution: Wilf Mbanga, Police Violation/ issue: Threatened The police issued a warrant of arrest against Wilf Mbanga the London-based editor of The Zimbabwean newspaper following publication of a story linked to the death of a senior official with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in 2008. Alert Date: November 12, 2010 Person/ institution: George Charamba, Government Violation/ issue: Other Permanent Secretary for Information and Publicity George Charamba said the government will not be issuing licences to new private players anytime soon. Charamba told the Parliamentary Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technology on 11 November 2010 that this could only be done after the government develops capacity to monitor and regulate the new players. Alert Date: November 18, 2010 Person/ institution: Munyaradzi Doma, One Tawanda, CCAP Violation/ issue: Assaulted Munyaradzi Doma and One Tawanda, two journalists with the Harare based daily tabloid H-Metro were assaulted by youth members of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) on 14 November 2010 in Harare’s township of Mbare. Alert Date : November 17, 2010 Person/ institution: Dumisani Sibanda, Newsday, Police Violation/ issue: Detained, Threatened Dumisani Sibanda bureau chief with the privately owned daily, Newsday, was on 16 November 2010 briefly detained and questioned by the police at Bulawayo Central Police station. Alert Person/ institution: Nqobani Ndlovu Violence/ issue: Detained, victory Date: November 18, 2010 Nqobani Ndlovu a reporter with the weekly Standard newspaper who is based in Bulawayo was on 17 November 2010 arrested in connection with a story alleging the cancellation of police promotional examinations, which were alleged to have been scrapped to facilitate the absorption of war veterans and retired police officers in the police force ahead of the 2011 elections. 22 November 2010: Bail hearing in the case of Nqobani Ndlovu was expected on 22 November 2010 at Bulawayo Magistrates Courts. November 22, 2010: Journalist Nqobani Ndlovu remained in prison after the State invoked section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (CPEA) effectively quashing the US$100 bail granted by Bulawayo Magistrate Sibongile Msipa. November 23, 2010: Media organisations and journalists in Zimbabwe roundly condemned the detention of Standard reporter Nqobani Ndlovu saying they would be mounting a campaign for his release from Remand prison. November 26, 2010: Zimbabwean journalists and representatives of media organisations on 26 November 2010 petitioned Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai expressing grave concern with the increase in the number of cases involving the arrests and harassment of journalists. November 29, 2010: Nqobani Ndlovu was finally released from Khami remand prison on the afternoon of 26 November 2010 127