The trial of two BTV journalists who were arrested in Zimbabwe in April, started in Plumtree last week, but they were again not formally charged after their lawyers claimed immunity against prosecution. The journalists are facing charges of illegally entering Zimbabwe and gathering news without being accredited by the government-appointed Media and Information Commission. Their lawyers, Promise Ncube and Kucaca Phulu both of Bulawayo-based Coghlan and Welsh stated that since the scribes, Beauty Mokoba (29) and Koketso Seofela (25) were on official business when they allegedly committed the crime, they have a right to claim immunity. As a result, Mokoba and Seofela were again not formally charged with contravening a section of the Immigration Act and some sections of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act when they appeared again before Plumtree resident magistrate, Mark Dziba.