Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Nape Nnauye briefs journalists on the government’s ban of Mawio, in Dar es Salaam yesterday. He is flanked on his left and right by Maelezo director Assah Mwambene and senior official Raphael Hokororo.
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Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF) Secretary Mr Neville Meena said the Newspaper Act which was invoked in banning Mawio remains one of the worst laws, since it deprives newspapers the right of defending themselves, and leaves the government act as complainant, prosecutor and judge rolled in one.
