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Zimbabwe Daily News' Editor Fired

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Broadcast: Jan 01, 2003

 

Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, is back on 1)newsstands after an absence of more than a week. But the founding editor of the paper, one of best-known journalists in the country, has been fired from his job.

Geoff Nyarota said he was sacked because the paper's managers 2)accused him of trying to undermine their authority in a dispute with the paper's staff.

Editorial and production staff at The Daily News went on strike toward the end of December. Mr. Nyarota says the paper's owners were angry with him because he went to private sources to get money to give the staff of the paper an advance on their salaries for the Christmas holiday.

The strikers were seeking a 150 percent increase in pay in an effort to help them keep up, at least partially1, with the country's inflation, now estimated to be nearly 200 percent a year.

The strike now appears to be over, although it is not clear if the staff got a pay rise.

The managers of the company that owns The Daily News will not discuss why Mr. Nyarota was fired. His deputy, Davison Maruziva, was asked to take over as acting2 editor, but he refused to do so and resigned from the paper out of loyalty3 to his fired boss.

In a country where most of the media are government controlled, Mr. Nyarota has insisted on his right to criticize the government and its president, Robert Mugabe. His 3)stance has earned him the hostility4 of the government but praise from defenders5 of a free press. His awards include the World Press Freedom prize from 4)UNESCO, the cultural branch of the United Nations.

Mr. Nyarota was arrested and charged several times under 5)legislation brought into force ahead of Mr. Mugabe's re-election last March.

Under the legislation, every media organization and journalist in Zimbabwe was required to register with a government commission by the end of December.

Several well-placed sources in the independent press have speculated that The Daily News management feared the government would not allow the newspaper to be registered while Mr. Nyarota remained as editor.

The government says the legislation is meant to, in the words of one official, introduce "ethical6 behavior" in the private media, which the Mugabe government regularly accuses of participating in a Western propaganda campaign against it.

Several other journalist organizations have challenged the law on constitutional grounds, but the supreme7 court is yet to rule.

Peta Thornycroft VOA news, Harare.

1)    newsstand[5nju:zstAnd]n. 报摊, 杂志摊

2)    accuse......of 被控告,指控

3)    stance [stAns]n.姿态,态度

4)    UNESCO联合国教科文组织

5)    legislation[7ledVis5leiFEn]n. 立法, 法律的制定(或通过)

 


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1 partially yL7xm     
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
参考例句:
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
2 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
3 loyalty gA9xu     
n.忠诚,忠心
参考例句:
  • She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
  • His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
4 hostility hdyzQ     
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争
参考例句:
  • There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
  • His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
5 defenders fe417584d64537baa7cd5e48222ccdf8     
n.防御者( defender的名词复数 );守卫者;保护者;辩护者
参考例句:
  • The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众,只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 ethical diIz4     
adj.伦理的,道德的,合乎道德的
参考例句:
  • It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
  • It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
7 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

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