THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned private media journalists who do not work for any media house other than broadcasting stations that were favoured with operating licences by the Zanu PF led government.
This came out during a High Court hearing Friday in which media rights lobby, Misa-Zimbabwe is suing the police for harassing private media journalists during the government imposed 21-day lockdown against the spread of coronavirus.
Police, represented by the Attorney General’s office, told the court that only journalists from the licenced broadcasting houses were allowed under a Statutory Instrument that identified media as an essential service exempted from the unprecedented job and business break.
