Zimbabwe
IMS is giving support to help media in Zimbabwe overcome increasingly difficult working conditions following the political and economic turbulence in the country in recent years. In close collaboration with local media, regional and international media organisations, IMS brokered the formulation of a joint strategy for support to media in Zimbabwe. Direct support to media includes financial support to Radio Voice of People (VOP) in Harare which was bombed and its staff taken to court.Archive
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Zimbabwean media continue to struggle
Repressive laws against media freedom, harassment of media professionals and closure of private media enterprises continue to hamper working conditions for media in Zimbabwe today
IMS has supported media in Zimbabwe ever since IMS came into being. Since the political and economical changes in 2000, the challenges facing opposition media in Zimbabwe have increased. Repressive laws against media freedom, harassment of media professionals and closure of private media enterprises form the reality of media in Zimbabwe today. Poor working conditions have forced many media to relocate outside Zimbabwe or work underground.
In response to the situation, IMS has lead a process through which a number of regional and international media organisations are cooperating to help independent, Zimbabwean media survive in order to maintain the balanced flow of information to the people of Zimbabwe.
This group involves among others The Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA), Open Society Institute and Netherlands institute for Southern Africa. In 2006, the group developed a consolidated plan for international support to the media in Zimbabwe.
Several donors including Norway, Denmark and the European Commission have expressed interest in funding initiatives within the framework of this joint media development strategy.
As a result of the joint cooperation, media in Zimbabwe set up a new independent institution called The Media Council of Zimbabwe in the summer of 2007. The objective of the council is to promote independence and high professional integrity of the media profession in Zimbabwe by, among others ensuring professional self-regulation among print and broadcast media.
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