Home 9 Digital rights 9 New MISA Zimbabwe Legal & ICT Policy Lead

New MISA Zimbabwe Legal & ICT Policy Lead

15 Mar, 2023
MISA Zimbabwe welcomes Ms Sithole to the organisation to lead one of our organisational strategic pillars in these complex moments in our socio-economic and political environment in Zimbabwe and the region at large.

MISA Zimbabwe is happy to introduce its new Legal and ICT Policy Lead, Ms Helen Sithole, effective from the 16th of March 2023. 

Before joining MISA Zimbabwe, Ms Sithole was the South African Society for Labour Law Legal Manager. 

Ms Sithole started her career as a Legal Assistant at the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA). 

She holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of South Africa and a Post Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy (CAIDP).

She takes over from Ms Nompilo Simanje, who left the organisation on a new career path, having joined the organisation in 2019.

MISA Zimbabwe welcomes Ms Sithole to the organisation to lead one of our organisational strategic pillars in these complex moments in our socio-economic and political environment in Zimbabwe and the region at large. 

We also wish her predecessor Ms Simanje all the best in her future endeavours.

Dr Tabani Moyo

National Director

MISA Zimbabwe

84 McChlery Drive, Eastlea, Harare, Zimbabwe Telefax: +263 4 776165/746838
Email: misa@misazim.co.zw Twitter:@misazimbabwe Facebook: MISA Zimbabwe Website: www.zimbabwe.misa.org

About MISA

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) was founded in 1992. Its work focuses on promoting, and advocating for, the unhindered enjoyment of freedom of expression, access to information and a free, independent, diverse and pluralistic media.

Share this

Related news

Election observer missions’ findings on Zimbabwe elections

Election observer missions’ findings on Zimbabwe elections

In a preliminary statement released in Harare on 25 August 2023, the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) noted that some aspects of Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections fell short of the requirements of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the Electoral Act, and the SADC...

Internet degrade on the eve of elections

Internet degrade on the eve of elections

NetBlocks, an organisation dedicated to mapping and measuring internet connectivity globally in real-time, reports that internet service had been degraded in Zimbabwe on the eve of elections. It was reported that the quality of internet access was degraded ahead on 22...

Journalists urgent application referred to ordinary court roll

Journalists urgent application referred to ordinary court roll

Today (Tuesday 22 August 2023), High Court of Zimbabwe Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi referred to the ordinary court roll the urgent chamber application in which the Young Journalists Association of Zimbabwe (YOJA) was seeking an order compelling the Zimbabwe Electoral...

MEDIA PROFESSIONALISM AND ACCOUNTABILITY DURING ELECTIONS

MEDIA PROFESSIONALISM AND ACCOUNTABILITY DURING ELECTIONS

MISA ZIMBABWE FACT SHEET Introduction Election periods throughout the world impose immense responsibility on the media to provide the public with accurate information that will enable the electorate to make informed decisions and choices when they eventually cast...