Even within its own ranks, Zimbabwe's ruling party has shown it is intolerant of ambitions hinting at expansion of the tiny independent press. It counts for very little that the government already controls all broadcast media, and that reporters who work for privately-owned publications live in fear of arrest and harassment. Last week a member of parliament (MP) was suspended from ZANU-PF for allegedly courting the publishers of the country's only independent daily newspaper, which was forcibly closed by the government seven months ago.