Journalist petitions High Court over ban

A Zimbabwean journalist banned from practising for a year by a government commission has launched an appeal in the High Court to have the ban lifted, his lawyer said on Friday, 7 March 2008.

Brian Hungwe, a former correspondent for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) who now is a freelancer, was accused by the government's media and information commission of practising without mandatory accreditation.

"We have filed an urgent chamber application in the high court for an order to declare the ban null and void and that my client be authorised to practise on the same terms as other journalists," lawyer Selby Hwacha told AFP.

"The ban is clearly unlawful. Our client applied for his accreditation last year but it was denied without explanation."

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