By Own Correspondent| Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana has said British broadcaster Sky News is not accredited to work in Zimbabwe.

His comments come after Sky News Africa correspondent, John Sparks, reported of an alleged incident in which a man is being beaten by men wearing police and army uniforms.  

Said Mangwana:

We have checked our records and we have not cleared anyone from Sky for accreditation. Normally that should happen before they are even allowed to come into the country. During the disturbances we cleared dozens of journalists but Sky News did not apply. It’s strange why they chose not to obey the law because everyone else from British Media such as ITN, BBC, Financial Times did things the correct way and they never faced any problems. We even granted them interviews when they asked for same.

Mangwana noted said Sky News’ report is not balanced because they had not sought comment  from Government before they broadcast their allegations.