Recent utterances by Information Minister Jonathan Moyo that he intends to deal with foreign correspondents who he accuses of “externalising” foreign currency and being “mercenaries” must be taken seriously coming from a man who has a history of carrying out his threats. Minister Moyo likens journalists to criminals the state is currently targeting for the so-called “economic crimes” and that they must also be dealt with. He argues that foreign media houses such as Reuters, Agence France Press and others operating in Zimbabwe are keeping “foreign currency” earned in Zimbabwe outside the country.

I thank you for a very interesting newsletter which I am privileged to be part of the recipients. I wanted to get information on how our organisation which is the Media Institute of Southern Africa-Zimbabwe (MISA-Zimbabwe)Chapter can also participate by sending its stories / information especially media related information on the newsletter for the benefit of your wider readership. We have a number of programmes that we are running and also we monitor the media on a daily basis, issuing alerts at the same time. It will be of interest to us if some of that information is carried in your newsletter. I await to hear from you in regard to our proposal.

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