US embassy cable - 02HARARE2370

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Identifier:	02HARARE2370
Wikileaks:	View 02HARARE2370 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Harare
Created:	2002-10-31 09:01:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS HARARE 002370 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/PD, AF/S, AF/RA 
NSC FOR JENDAYI FRAZER 
LONDON FOR GURNEY 
PARIS FOR NEARY 
NAIROBI FOR PFLAUMER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PHUM, KPAO, KMDR, ZI 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REGISTRATION DEADLINE POSTPONED 
 
 
  1.   According to media reports, the government- 
      appointed Media Commission has postponed the deadline 
      for registration of journalist and media organizations 
      to November 21, 2002.  The original deadline was 
      October 31. 
 
  2.   According to a report in the October 28 edition of 
      the independent daily "The Daily News," Media 
      Commission Chairman Dr. Tafataona Mahoso announced the 
      new deadline in a letter to the President of the 
      Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ).  Mahoso's letter 
      was in response to ZUJ questions about the murky 
      registration and accreditation process for journalists 
      and media organizations. 
 
  3.   ZUJ criticized the accreditation process as 
      "intrusive" and sought clarification on why the  Media 
      Commission required information about applicants' 
      physical address, fax number, e-mail address, cell 
      phone, passport and drivers license numbers.  ZUJ 
      Secretary General Luke Tamborinyoka characterized the 
      application as an "intelligence gathering document." 
 
SULLIVAN