from the Daily News. According to the law, duly accredited journalists should not be hindered in performing their work. On 8 March 2013, according to the Daily News, ZBC radio and television presenter Hazvinei Sakarombe is suspended for allegedly stating that President Mugabe is of Malawian origin with his other surname being Matibiri. ZBC editor-in- Chief Tazzen Mandizvidza said Sakarombe was suspended for broadcasting “wrong information” about Mugabe, in contravention of “ZBC’s work conduct and policy that does not allow false information about people to be aired”. Report highlights the pitfalls of failure to fully disclose information about public officials resulting in speculation and the resulting unfair labour practice. On 10 March 2013, Daily News, reported that radio presenter Nonkululeko Vundla was allegedly forced to resign from broadcaster Star FM for allegedly stating that President Robert Mugabe was of Malawian origin. Report highlights the pitfalls of failure to fully disclose information about public officials resulting in speculation and the resulting unfair labour practice. On May 7, NewsDay reports that Zimbabwe Independent Editor Dumisani Muleya and Chief Reporter Owen Gagare are arrested and charged with contravening section 31A.3 of the Criminal Law Code for allegedly “publishing statements prejudicial to the state”. This follows a story published two weeks before claiming the MDC was in negotiations with the military and police service chiefs Gagare and Muleya were charged and released on the same day, with police set to proceed by way of summons. On May 20 The Herald reports that MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatened media houses that write negatively about his party that they risked closure should his party prevail at the elections. Political parties are encouraged to desist from statements that may encourage intolerance against journalists given the already insecure environment in which they already work. On 1 June NewsDay, United Family International Church security personnel briefly confiscated a camera of Henry Maradzika of the Newsday while Makandiwa’s visiting spiritual father Ghanaian Victor Kusi Boateng attacked local media for portraying his spiritual son negatively. On 8 June NewsDay reports that MDC-T youths allegedly assaulted Zimbabwe Independent journalist Herbert Moyo and barred him from covering a demonstration at Harvest House. On 12 June the ZLHR said that the front-page article in The Herald edition of 12 June 2013 authored by Caesar Zvayi and entitled “MDC-T launches litigation crusade” breached their clients’ rights to file court proceedings and interfered with their client-lawyer relationship, breached journalistic ethics and therefore went beyond permissible expression rights boundaries. On 14 June the Zimbabwe Independent reports that Chronicle reporter Mashudu Netsianga was detained and questioned by MDC-T security personnel for allegedly gate crashing a meeting between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the business community in Bulawayo. They confiscated his notebook and mobile phone. On 17 June the NewsDay reports that Freelance Journalist Paul Pindani was reportedly abducted from his home in Chinhoyi on 14 June 2013 and severely assaulted by three unknown assailants who left him for dead. On 17 June SW Radio Africa reports that Masvingo Mirror reporter Bernard Mapwanyire was allegedly manhandled by MDC-T security staff while covering the party’s primary elections on June 8th. On 17 June SW Radio Africa reports that Journalist left for dead is 4th reporter to be attacked in one week in an overview of attacks that have occurred against journalists in the month of June. On 19 June NewsDay reports that a group of suspected ZANU PF youths stormed Media Holdings newsstand in Mbare and allegedly confiscated 40 copies of the paper. On 24 June Nehanda Radio reports that Wendy Muperi and Wonai Masvingise, journalists with 33