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The judge ruled that Daily News journalists could not be accredited until the paper's publisher itself was registered by the Media and Information Commission.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The judge ruled that Daily News journalists could not be accredited until the paper's publisher itself was registered by the Media and Information Commission.
Field
action
Value
ruling, May 12, 2005
About
incident 2005-zimbabwe-court-refuses-daily-news-accreditation
Source
High Court refuses to accredit Daily News journalists
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2005-05-12

Quotation from the source

until the newspaper had been granted registration by the government's Media and Information Commission (MIC)