Mahoso, Ndlovu plan to block The Zimbabwean

Information revealed that the minister, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, recently met with the Media and Information Commission’s chairman Tafataona Mahoso at Bronte Hotel to discuss ways of preventing the newspaper from entering the country.
Government has expressed concern over the criticism the country has been facing in this newspaper and fears its election rigging process might soon be exposed, said the sources.
In the meeting Mahoso and Ndlovu are said to have agreed on finding an earliest way of blocking the paper which most Zimbabweans have now resorted to following the closure of the Daily News and its sister paper Daily News on Sunday.
There is no legislation barring foreign-published papers from being sold in Zimbabwe. Ndlovu is said to be keen to have a legislation drafted as earliest possible so that Mugabe can sign it into law before the party chooses its 2008 presidential candidate in December.
Contacted for comment, Ndlovu’s demanded that the source who had revealed the plot be revealed and threatened that if the name was not supplied the journalist would meet the full wrath of the law.
When Mahoso was reached for comment he said the country was obliged to implement anything deemed necessary in preserving to the best interest national sovereignty.