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communication of falsehoods, which may incite public disorder or public violence.ALERTDate: June 13, 2005Persons/Institutions: Margaret Chinowaita, Taka Muparutsa, Conway Tutani,Darlington Majonga, Fanwell Jongwe, Pedzisayi Ruhanya, McDonald Dzirutwe andCornelia Mabasa.Violation: LegislationFormer Daily News journalists, Margaret Chinowaita, Taka Muparutsa, Conway Tutani,Darlington Majonga, Fanwell Jongwe, Pedzisayi Ruhanya, McDonald Dzirutwe and CorneliaMabasa, were served with summonses to appear in court for practicing journalism withoutaccreditation in terms of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.The journalists were expected to appear in court on 12 October.ALERTDate: June 2, 2005Persons/Institutions: SW Radio AfricaViolation: CensoredOn June 2 2005, SW Radio Africa station which broadcasts from London was forced to beamits last short-wave broadcast due to repeated jamming of its transmission signal by the Zimbabweangovernment. The station that is manned by Zimbabwean exiled in the UK is now broadcastingon medium wave which does not cover the whole of Zimbabwe.ALERTDate: May 18, 2005Persons/Institutions: Frank ChikoworeViolation: Beaten, detainedOn May 18 2005, freelance journalist Frank Chikowore was assaulted and subsequently arrestedby the police while covering a blitz on street vendors and suspected criminals in Harare’scentral business district. Chikowore was released on May 19, 2005, without charges afterspending a night in police cells at Harare Central Police StationALERTDate: May 18, 2005Persons/Institutions: National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)Violation: OtherOn May 18 2005, the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), a pressure group agitating forconstitutional reforms, was barred from launching its album dedicated to agitations for a democraticconstitution in term of the Censorship and Entertainment Control Act.The album, Singing for a New Constitution, had been widely distributed despite the policeban.ALERTDate: May 10, 2005Persons/Institutions: Radio DialogueViolation: CensoredOn May 10 2005, Radio Dialogue was denied a licence to operate a free to air commercialradio by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). The BAZ ruled that in its application,Radio Dialogue had described itself as a community radio station but had proceed toapply for a free to air commercial radio licence in Bulawayo.So This Is Democracy? 2005-165-Media Institute of Southern Africa