
Published: 7th Jan 2009 15:15 GMT |
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| Zimbabwe information secretary, George Charamba. |
THE recently gazetted exorbitant accreditation fees for journalists and media organisations are 'null and void' according to the laws of Zimbabwe, lawyers said Wednesday.
Zimbabwe journalists working for foreign owned media organizations are mandated to pay US
$4,000 dollars annually to practice in the country while their media organisations are expected to pay a total US$32,000 dollars as application and accreditation fees.
The new fees were reported in the state-owned Herald newspaper on Monday citing a government gazette.
However, lawyers argued that the Media and Information Commission (MIC) is no longer existent to announce accreditation fees.
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