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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Editors of some Mozambican newspapers say that November 22 will always be central to investigative journalism and press freedom in the country.<\/p>\n

It was in the early evening of this day that, in 2000, journalist Cardoso Cardoso was murdered on Avenida dos M\u00e1rtires da Machava in central Maputo. The journalist was leaving the newsroom of the newspaper Metical, of which he was the owner, when he was shot in his vehicle with a machine gun. The crime took place just as Cardoso was gathering information about a US$14 million [\u20ac12 million] fraud at the former Banco Commercial de Mo\u00e7ambique.<\/p>\n

Journalist Egidio Pl\u00e1cido associates this date with the struggle for press freedom in Mozambique. The executive editor of the weekly Zambeze believes that exercising the profession [of journalism] in Mozambique still entails difficulties. Pl\u00e1cido cites, for example, the recent case involving Mediafax and Canal de Mo\u00e7ambique, which published an opinion article on former President Armando Guebuza.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalists were brought to court just for having replicated an opinion of an economist from the Institute of Social and Economic Studies,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n

Change of tactics<\/b><\/p>\n

Carlos Cardoso was a founding member of the Mediacoop group \u2013 joined by the electronic daily Mediafax and the weekly newspaper Savana. The current editor of Savana, Francisco Carmona, has no doubt that political power has changed tactics to intimidate journalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey no longer target [the journalists] directly, as they did with Cardoso, because they learned a lot from it. Making journalists interrupt their jobs in newsrooms to go to court is also a way of handcuffing words. It\u2019s a form of intimidation,\u201d Carmona says.<\/p>\n

The impression is that, since the murder of Carlos Cardoso, investigative journalism in Mozambique has been marking time at best. Pl\u00e1cido understands that the most experienced professionals in this field, who were guided by investigative reports, prefer to be bonded to political power.<\/p>\n

For the Zambeze editor, there is a certain political dependence on the journalist. \u201cIf we look at it, the most experienced journalists in the country are advisers to politicians. There remain the less experienced ones, [who] do not have the tools for investigative work,\u201d Pl\u00e1cido complains.<\/p>\n

Effort of the new generation<\/b><\/p>\n

Despite their lack of experience, less experienced journalists still try to bring well-researched news stories to press. For the Zambeze editor, this effort is Carlos Cardoso\u2019s great legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to that is the [legacy of the] courage he had to confront political power. These are values that almost no one else will be able to fulfil. [Cardoso] had a unique way of dealing with these matters. It is true that something is being done. There are some other good journalists who do more or less what Cardoso used to do,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Francisco Carmona recalls that Cardoso\u2019s murder in 2000 was a message from organised crime to journalists, which is why there was panic in newsrooms at the time. On the other hand, these days, Mozambican journalists are increasingly courageous. For the editor of Savana, the consolidation of this \u201ccourage\u201d was a gradual process, but visible today.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust look at how the media is dealing with the case of the hidden debts, which involves highly powerful people and is centred on the Mozambican secret services. There are journalists who continue to denounce the big scandals. That\u2019s why we have this trial,\u201d Carmona remarks.<\/p>\n

Six persons were sentenced in 2003 to between 23 and 28 years in prison for the murder of Carlos Cardoso.<\/p>\n

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