The Media and Information Commission (MIC) is refusing to give Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe an operating licence for fear of its robust reporting on government's policy failures, Sam Sipepa Nkomo, ANZ CEO, said on Wednesday. "I think they are scared of the Daily News," Sipepa told journalists at a press briefing in the capital. "You can imagine the extensive coverage an independent daily paper can give its readers in the wake of Operation Murambatsvina and how government could be kept on its toes trying to do damage control. That I think is what the authorities are scared of."