May 17

• Zimbabwe: State Media Lashes Out At SA Minister Over Conditional Cash Pledge

  Zimbabwe's state media has lashed out at a South African government minister, who said his country would provide financial support for its neighbour ahead of elections this year,... Read more »

May 11

• Zimbabwe: International Federation of Journalists Tells Zimbabwe to Drop Charges Against Muleya

  Zimbabwean authorities have been urged to drop charges against two Zimbabwe Independent journalists who were arrested on Tuesday over a story claiming the MDC-T was engaged in... Read more »

May 9

• Zimbabwe: Police Launch Renewed Crackdown On MDC-T and Journalists

  In the last few weeks police have launched a renewed crackdown on MDC-T activists and officials, with just a few months to go before harmonized elections. Read more »

May 8

• Zimbabwe: Editor & Two Others Arrested Over MDC-T Meets Generals Story

  Dumisani Muleya, the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, reporter Owen Gagare and company lawyer Nqobile Ndlovu were arrested Tuesday for publishing a story claiming Prime Minister... Read more »

May 4

• Zimbabwe: Mugabe Declared 'Predator' of Information On World Press Freedom Day

  Reporters Without Borders delivered a strongly worded statement declaring President Robert Mugabe as a "predator" of information in Zimbabwe, as the world commemorated Press... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Edna Machirori Awarded IWMF Lifetime Achievement Award

  Zimbabwe's first black female newspaper editor and daily news columnist, Edna Machirori, has been awarded this year's International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) Lifetime... Read more »

April 27

• Zimbabwe: Reporters Fired for allegedly Hinting that President Robert Mugabe is Malawian

  Two journalists were last month fired from ZBC and Star FM for allegedly stating that President Robert Mugabe is of Malawian origin, the Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe (MMPZ)... Read more »

April 26

• Zimbabwe: Misa Defends Inclusion of 'Zanu-PF Voice' At Press Freedom Day Event

  Media rights watchdog MISA-Zimbabwe has defended its decision to include ZANU PF's Supa Mandiwanzira as a presenter during its World Press Freedom Day commemorations this weekend. Read more »

April 24

• Zimbabwe: SW Radio Africa Scoops Two Gongs At ZAA Awards

  SW Radio Africa won two awards at the annual Zimbabwe Achievers Awards ceremony in London at the weekend. Read more »

March 28

• Zimbabwe: Chinamasa Raises Radio Ban At UK Meeting

  ZANU PF lead negotiator and Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa received no response from the British authorities when he brought up the issue of shutting down the London based SW... Read more »

March 15

• Zimbabwe: Young Children Targeted in Radio Raids By the Police

  The illegal seizure of wind-up radios reached new levels this week with reports that the police are now using primary school pupils to source information about the receivers. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Charamba Threatens Embassy Over Radios

  An analyst has described as 'naive' the hysterical remarks by presidential spokesman George Charamba accusing a foreign embassy of illegally distributing radios. Read more »

March 7

• Zimbabwe: Electoral Body Starts Observer Accreditation for Referendum

  The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has started accrediting observers and journalists for the constitutional referendum to be held next week Saturday. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Parliament to Urge Editors to Turn Down Hate Speech

  Editors from both the independent and state controlled media will from Thursday attend a two day workshop on 'ethics towards free and fair elections' in Gweru. Read more »

March 6

• Zimbabwe: Radio Dialogue Case Fails to Take Off

  The trial of Zenzele Ndebele, programming head at Radio Dialogue, failed to kick off after police indicated they will call him when they are ready. Read more »

March 5

• Zimbabwe: Radio Dialogue Slams Police 'Crackdown'

  Community radio initiative Radio Dialogue has become the latest group to criticise the nationwide police crackdown on civil society, after its studios were raided and 180 radios... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Sports Reporter Barred From Charity Match By Military Police

  A sports reporter with the privately-owned Daily News newspaper was barred from covering a charity soccer match between army side Black Rhinos and CAPS United on Sunday. Read more »

March 1

• Zimbabwe: Onslaught On Ownership of Radios Shows Zanu-PF Is Afraid

  Media organisations in Zimbabwe have described the ongoing police ban on shortwave radios as "an onslaught on freedom of information" and a "gross violation of citizens' rights"... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Police Raid Radio Dialogue Studios, Seize 180 Radios

  On Friday morning police in Bulawayo continued their countrywide campaign to seize 'illegal' radios, by raiding a local community radio station and seizing more than 180 wind-up... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Police Go Door-to-Door Searching for Radios

  On Friday police in Rusape went door-to-door to houses belonging to known MDC-T supporters, in search of shortwave radios. But the MP for Makoni South said they found nothing. Read more »

February 21

• Zimbabwe: Police Ban Radios 'Not Compatible with State-Owned Stations'

  Police have announced a ban on 'specially designed radios' that are 'not compatible with state owned stations', claiming the devices would be used to communicate hate speech ahead... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Death Threat Journalist Released Without Charge

  Journalist Obey Manayiti, who spent a night in police cells after being arrested for allegedly insulting a ZANU PF official, has been released. Read more »

February 7

• Zimbabwe: Misa Slams 'Misleading' Broadcasting Licence Call

  Media rights group MISA-Zimbabwe has slammed the national broadcasting authority for attempting to "mislead" the public, by announcing new licences were available. Read more »

January 31

• Zimbabwe: Biti and Chamisa Criticized for 'Threatening' to Sue Paper

  Two senior MDC-T officials, Tendai Biti and Nelson Chamisa, have been criticized by the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) for allegedly making threats to sue the Zimbabwe... Read more »

January 15

• Zimbabwe: Veteran Broadcaster Sam Sibanda Dies

  State media reported this weekend that veteran Radio 2 broadcaster Sam Sibanda died early Sunday morning at his home in Chitungwiza. Read more »