Journalists charged "exhorbitant" fees for plying their trade in Mozambique

SAfm — Media Monitoring Africa says the government of Mozambique should be helping journalists to do their jobs better instead of trying to impede them. It is being alleged that authorities in that country are introducing exorbitant media accreditation fees for journalists working there. Many have called this an assault on freedom of the press and a clear attempt to clamp down on journalists. Under new regulations, foreign correspondents living in Mozambique will be expected to pay more than R120 000 per year to report in the country while local freelance journalists will have to pay about R7 000 in accreditation fees. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to researcher from Media Monitoring Africa's Researcher Ntsako Manganyi.