#NEWSWATCH: Zimbabwe uncertainty as state TV remains under control of military

Webcasters, diffusion service providers caught in BAZ loop

[Dumisani Ndlela] The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has urged diffusion and webcasting service providers to register their operations this year, saying it had the backing of the law to demand fees and licence their operations.

Zim: Pressure mounts for new broadcasters

[Dumisani Ndlela] Pressure is now mounting on Zimbabwe's inclusive government to move with speed towards registering new broadcasters after the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) registered four daily newspapers last week.

Zim to have new media commission

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's parliament has begun the process of establishing the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), days after the High Court declared the Media and Information Commission (MIC) defunct and ordered that it stop accrediting of journalists.

SMS news for Zimbabweans

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Radio journalists broadcasting news about Zimbabwe have turned to bulletins via mobile phones in order to beat the censors, the UK-based website Media Helping Media reports - an example of what independent media in Zimbabwe are desperately doing in order to disseminate news and information to concerned Zimbabweans, especially to an estimated four million living abroad.

Trevor Ncube's Zim citizenship saga

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Robert Mugabe's government's decision to strip Trevor Ncube - publisher of the Standard and Zimbabwe Independent - of his Zimbabwean citizenship signals the beginning of the end of independent media in Zimbabwe and marks the darkest period for the country's media, Zakeus Chibaya, secretary-general of Cross-border Association of Journalists (CAJ), told Bizcommunity.com.