MEDIA, NGOS AND RESEARCH CENTRES OPERATING IN ZIMBABWE
MEDIA SOURCES
Note: There has been a rise in electronic media and Zimbabwean media operating from outside Zimbabwe since 2002 when the government through the then Minister of Information and now Government opponent Professor Jonathan Moyo introduced legislation to paralyse the operation of independent media through the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). The main Zimbabwean Media Websites are as follows.
www.zimbawesituation.com (independent-offshore)
www.thestandard.co.zw (independent-local)
www.theindependent.co.zw (independent-local)
www.swradioafrica.com (independent-offshore)
www.thezimbabwean.com (independent-offshore)
www.zwnews.com (independent-offshore)
www.changezimbabwe.com (independent-offshore)
www.zimonline.co.za (independent-offshore)
www.thezimbabwetimes.com (independent-offshore)
www.fingaz.co.zw (local-CIO-controlled)
www.newzimbabwe.com (offshore-CIO controlled)
www.zimdaily.com (independent-offshore)
www.zimobserver.com (independent-offshore)
www.herald.co.zw (local-government owned and controlled)
www.sundaymail.co.zw (local-government controlled and owned)
www.dailymirror.co.zw (local-CIO owned)
www.zimmirror.co.zw (local-CIO Owned)
www.voa.com (American-International focus)
http://zimbabweoutpostoftyranny.typepad.com/zimbabwe_outpost_of_tyran/2006/11/voa_radio_inter.html
MEDIA SOURCES: FURTHER INFORMATION
ChangeZimbabwe.com is an electronic paper run by Makusha Mugabe (not related to President Mugabe) as editor. He has a history of involvement in the human rights movement traceable to his days at the Zimbabwe Human Rights Movement (ZIMRIGHTS) in the late 90s. The web link for the electronic newspaper is www.changezimbabwe.com/ The conact details for the editor are Makusha Mugabe;Tel: 0121 567 5662: Mob: 07903127073: email:Editor@changezimbabwe.com:
The ZimbabweTimes. com. is an electronic paper run by Geoffrey Nyarota as an initiative driven by Zimbabwean media practitioners in Zimbabwe, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nyarota is the online publication’s managing editor.� The news site is accessible through the link http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/
Geoffrey Nyarota is the founder and editor of the banned Daily News since its inception in 1999 until January 2003, Nyarota is an award-winning investigative journalist, newspaper editor, and media entrepreneur, with more than 31 years of experience in Zimbabwe and southern Africa. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor of Political Studies at Bard College in Upstate New York. Previously, he was a Guest Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo in Norway.
NGOS IN HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD IN ZIMBABWE
ZIMBABWE ORGANISATION FACT SHEET www.kubatana.net
Courtesy www.kubatana.net run by The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe and
The NGO Network Alliance Project, PO Box GD 376, Greendale
Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: +263-4-776008/746448, Fax: +263-4-746418
Email: admin@kubatana.org.zw: Website: www.kubatana.net
Action Aid International Zimbabwe
(0)4-788122
Africa Community Publishing and Development Trust (ACPDT)
(0)4-253608/9
African Development Education Network (ADEN)
(0)4-667912
Amani Trust
(0)4-773496,737509,772843; (0)91-260378
Amnesty International Zimbabwe
(0)4-780397, 755987
Anti Hijack Trust
(0)4-309870,309800,(0)91-221921,(0)11-404301
Association of Women's Clubs (AWC)
(0)4-571903
Batsiranai
(0)248-2324, 2423
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ)
(0)4-791053,792380
Child Protection Society
(0)4-708829
Childline
(0)4-734252, 796741, 793715
Christian Care
(0)4-708248,732722, 708238, 728016
Christian Legal Society (Zimbabwe) - CLS(Zim)
(0)91-(0)9-884274, (0)23-895216
Christians Together for Justice and Peace
(0)9-241184,240451
Civic Alliance for Democracy and Governance (CADEGO)
(0)11-750028
Crisis Coalition Zimbabwe
Educators Association For Human Rights (EAHR)
(0)20-30684,64623 (0)11-424683,700314
Family Support Trust (FST)
(0)4-668056/57
Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe (FCTZ)
(0)4- 309889, 309898, 300290, 309244
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
(0)4-741736, 740614
Gweru Legal Projects Centre
(0)54-221665
Helpage Zimbabwe
(0)4-747696/7, 747236
Human Rights NGO Forum
(0)4-250511
Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa (SAHRIT)
(0)4-339819,333882,332179
International Socialist Organisation (ISO)
(0)4-704209, (0)91-370554, (0)91-908847
J.F. Kapnek Trust
(0)4-792152, 723375/723377/722250
Justice for Agriculture (JAG)
(0)4-799410
Kunzwana Association
(0)4-747190,747519
Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)
(0)4-251170/4
Media Institute of Southern Africa - Zimbabwe Chapter (MISA-Zimbabwe)
(0)4-776165, 746838
Midlands AIDS Service Organisation (MASO)
(0)54-250356, 250377, 252647
MS-Zimbabwe (Danish Association for International Cooperation)
(0)4-253145-9
Musasa Project
(0)4-725881,734381
Mutare Legal Projects Centre
(0)20-65263,66730
National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped (NASCOH)
(0)4-4-746967, (0)11- 862072, (0)91-385417
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
(0)91-286800, (0)91-286808
Post Independence Survivors’ Trust (PIST)
(0)9-65701
Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)
(0)4-741937
SAHRIT - Human Rights Trust of Southern Africa
Solidarity Peace Trust
+27-(0)39-682 5869
Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS)
(0)4-336193/4, 307898
Southern African Civilian Standby Roster for International Humanitarian Missions (SAFDEM)
(0)9-76033,76075
Southern African Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)
(0)9-69356
Southern African Women’s Peace Forum (SAWPF), The
(0)11-607330, +44-7968-553764
Students Solidarity Trust (SST)
(0)4-309199
Swedish Cooperative Centre - Regional Office for Southern Africa
(0)4-737492,707494
terre des hommes, Germany
(0)4-747397,747307, Dir Line: 747505
Training and Research Support Centre (TARSC)
(0)4-708835,705108
Umkhathi Theatre Works
(09)-403386
Voluntary Services Overseas Zimbabwe (VSO Zimbabwe)
(0)4-791959/67,(0)11-609023
Women and AIDS Support Network (WASN)
(0)4-791401/2/4
Women in Politics Support Unit (WiPSU)
(0)4-744969, 744847, 744283
Women Leadership & Governance Institute
(0)4-708724/797978,(0)91-910161/2
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
(0)91-300456, (0)11-898110, (0)91-362668
Women's Action Group (WAG)
(0)4-339292,339161,308738
Women's Coalition
(0)4-747433, 747809, 747905
Young Women Christian Association (YWCA)
(0)4-487491/486142
Youth Affirmative Foundation
(0)4-620131-4
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR)
(0)4-708118,251468,705370
Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC)
(0)4-705569;732707
Zimbabwe Civic Education Trust (ZIMCET)
(0)4-740505
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development(ZIMCODD)
(0)4-776830/1
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
(0)4-794702,794742,702517
Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF)
+27-(0)12-3226969
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
(0)4-707278,705898
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
(0)4-250511,772860,250486
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
(0)4-251468,705370, 708118, (0)11-209468
Zimbabwe Liberators' Platform (ZLP)
(0)4-+263- 703638/703687
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
(0)4-704209, 707278, 705898
Zimbabwe Network for Informal Settlement Action - (ZINISA)
(0)4-746175,776304
Zimbabwe Peace Project
(0)4-778311, 778411
Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA)
(0)4-706676,703766,708491
Zimbabwe Women's Bureau (ZWB)
(0)4-747905,747809,747433
Key Abbreviations Used Generally in Zimbabwe
AIPPA – Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
PTUZ – Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe
BSA - Broadcasting Services Act
UMP – Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe
CIO – Central Intelligence Organisation
ZANU PF – Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
MDC – Movement for Democratic Change
ZCTU – Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
MP – Member of Parliament
ZNA – Zimbabwe National Army
ZPS – Zimbabwe Prison Service
ZRP – Zimbabwe Republic Police
NAGG - National Alliance for Good Governance
ZNLWVA – Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans
NCA – National Constitutional Assembly Association
OVT – Organised Violence and Torture
ZIMTA – Zimbabwe Teachers Association
POSA – Public Order and Security Act
ZUPCO – Zimbabwe United Passenger Company