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Daily News hearing postponed
24/11/2003 13:07 - (SA)
Harare - A judge in Zimbabwe has delayed by one day a case in which the embattled Daily News is trying to get an order allowing it to publish, the paper's legal adviser said Monday.
The postponement to Tuesday was made at the request of government lawyers who needed time to respond to supplementary papers filed by the Daily News lawyers, said Gugulethu Moyo, the paper's legal adviser.
The Daily News - the country's most popular newspaper, and the only alternative to state-run dailies The Herald and The Chronicle - was closed down in September by armed police after the Supreme Court ruled it was operating illegally because it was not registered with the state-appointed media commission.
Last month the administrative court ruled that the newspaper, which is a staunch critic of President Robert Mugabe, should be given a licence by the media commission before November 30.
The outspoken paper wants that ruling - set aside when the commission lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court - to be enforced.
When the paper tried to register, the media commission turned down its application. The October ruling ordering that it be accredited with the commission was seen as a victory for the Daily News, which published a comeback edition a day later.
But police again shut down the paper again on October 25, saying the paper was not yet registered. It has not been published since.
- AFP
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