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Weekly Media Updates 2004
Weekly Media update 2004 - 10
CIVIL society's recently expressed fears that next year's parliamentary elections will not be free and fair were reinforced in the week under review by more news of politically motivated violence ahead of the Zengeza by-election, scheduled for this month-end.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 9
The ruling by High Court judge Justice Sandra Mungwira that the confessions of the accused in the Cain Nkala murder trial were "inadmissible" evidence because they had been extracted through torture, intimidation and deprivation, has finally exposed government's claims that the late war veterans' leader was a victim of "an act of terrorism" by the opposition MDC.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 8
Nothing more aptly demonstrates the government-controlled media's hypocrisy in exposing government's disdain for the Constitution when formulating self-serving laws than the manner in which they reported Supreme Court Judge Vernada Ziyambi's ruling on James Makamba's bail application.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 7
While the rest of the media ignored the ongoing harassment of perceived MDC supporters in various parts of the country, SW Radio Africa remained vigilant in exposing the violence.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 6
Fears by local democratic watchdogs over South Africa's sincerity in resolving the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe were clearly vindicated when that country's Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma defended the recent Supreme Court ruling legitimising sections of the repressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
Weekly Media update 2004 - 5
Press freedom suffered a severe blow this week when Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku and three other Supreme Court judges defended the legitimacy of regulations outlawing journalists who practice without accreditation from the government appointed Media and Information Commission (MIC).
Weekly Media update 2004 - 4
The media's lack of professional resilience when covering elections was illustrated again by the way in which they handled the Gutu North by-election. The media generally gave scant attention to the election and, as a result, omitted pertinent information on the electoral process, which the ruling party has manipulated in the past to tilt the outcome in its favour.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 3
Despite persistent claims by South African President Thabo Mbeki and Nigeria's, Olusegun Obasanjo's that the country's two main rival political parties were on the verge of resuming formal talks to resolve the country's crises, the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 2
The Media Monitoring Project congratulates the staff and management of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe for their courage and fortitude in their long struggle to get their flagship newspaper, The Daily News , back on the streets.
Weekly Media update 2004 - 1
THE unprecedented turmoil sweeping through the financial services sector following a stringent new monetary policy introduced by new Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono stole the attention of all Zimbabwe's media in the first days of the New Year.Indeed, the public too, impatiently awaited every new installment of the spectacular scandals that have been tumbling into the public domain almost on a
