ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (as amended January 2008) (7) Every news agency that operates in Zimbabwe, whether domiciled inside or outside Zimbabwe, shall in respect of its local operations not employ any journalist other than an accredited journalist: Provided that the news agency may employ or use the services of a journalist referred to in subsection (4) for the duration of that journalist’s accreditation. (8) Any news agency that contravenes subsection (7) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level fourteen or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 80 Abuse of journalistic privilege80 (1) A journalist who abuses his or her journalistic privilege by publishing— (a) information which he or she intentionally or recklessly falsified in a manner which— (i) threatens the interests of defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State, public morality or public health; or (ii) is injurious to the reputation, rights and freedoms of other persons; or (b) information which he or she maliciously or fraudulently fabricated; or (c) any statement— (i) threatening the interests of defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State, public morality or public health; or (ii) injurious to the reputation, rights and freedoms of other persons; in the following circumstances— A. knowing the statement to be false or without having reasonable grounds for believing it to the true; and B. recklessly, or with malicious or fraudulent intent, representing the statement as a true statement; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years. (2)81 The conviction of a journalist in terms of subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a breach of the code for which the Council may recommend to the Commission the imposition of any of the penalties referred to in section 42D. 81 …82 82 Roll of accredited journalists83 The Commission shall maintain a roll of all accredited journalists and shall issue to every person whose name is entered in the roll, a certificate of accreditation in the prescribed form. 80 Section substituted by s. 18 of Act 5/2003. 81 Subsection inserted by s. 16 of Act 20/2007. 82 Section repealed by s. 19 of Act 5/2003. 83 Section substituted by s. 17 of Act 20/2007. 46