Oppressive media laws dampen hopes of change in Zimbabwe
(World News Austria)

Six months have passed since a coup d`état in Zimbabwe ended the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe, who turned the southern African country into one of the most censored environments in the world. Although the seismic shift in the political situation raised hope for a new, more open era for the country`s media, little has changed over the past six months, Zimbabwean journalists and media experts say. The biggest continuing threat to media freedom in Zimbabwe is the country`s oppressive media legislation, Nyasha Nyakunu, Zimbabwe programmes co-ordinator at the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), told the International Press Institute (IPI) in a recent interview. `We are still stuck with...