Weekly Media Updates 1999

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 7

This week MMPZ focused on coverage of the constitution- making process, the urban council elections, and the President’s refusal to sign the Public Order and Security Bill and the War Veterans Bill.
 

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 14

This week MMPZ focused on the Southern African International Dialogue (SAID’99), the junior doctors’ strike and the removal of Zimbabwe from the agenda of the World Bank meeting.
 

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 18

This week MMPZ focused on reactions to the 2000 Budget, the freezing of the African Development Bank (ADB) loan facility to Zimbabwe, the constitution making process, the doctors’ strike and President Mugabe’s visit to Europe.

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 17

The Budget was presented to Parliament on October 21st and was broadly dismissed by the print media as containing few measures to improve the economy.

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 15

This week MMPZ focused on the doctors’ strike, the DRC war expenditure and the IMF, allegations of financial mismanagement in the Constitutional Commission,

The Sunday Mail

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 25

MMPZ monitors have taken a much-needed break after 11 months. During the period under review we looked at the ZanuPF Congress and the fuel crisis only. In the new year we are changing our monitoring week to run from Monday – Sunday.

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 22

This week MMPZ focused on 2 main stories, being the draft constitution and price increases of basic commodities.
 

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 24

This week MMPZ focused on the fuel crisis, the constitution-making process, the DRC and the ZANU (PF) congress.
 
The Fuel Crisis

Weekly Media Update 1999 - 23

This week MMPZ focused on the reactions to the draft constitution, the construction site accident in Harare, the Bulawayo- Beitbridge take over of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), the DRC and the National AIDS policy.