On Monday 21 July 2008, the 3rd Section of the Maputo Judicial Court postponed the trial of three "Zambeze" journalists. "Zambeze" is one of the biggest independent weeklies in Mozambique.

A South African company, Globecast Satellite, which saw two of its employees acquitted of practicing journalism without accreditation in April 2008 by a Harare magistrate, is now being charged with illegal importation of broadcasting equipment in violation of the Broadcasting

Sunday Mail political editor Munyaradzi Huni and former Herald political editor Caesar Zvayi have become the first journalists to be added to the European Union smart sanctions in Zimbabwe. Zvayi is reported to have left Zimpapers and is now teaching