MISA-Zimbabwe on 20 April 2016 convened a stakeholders media laws reform priority mapping indaba in Harare which ended with a call for urgent implementation of media law and policy reforms. Fifty eight participants who included academics, journalists, civil society,...
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MP files notice of motion to repeal AIPPA
18 March 2016 MP files notice of motion to repeal AIPPA The MP for Mabvuku Honourable James Maridadi has tabled a notice of motion to repeal the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) in line with Section 62 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. In...
Journalists and actor released
MISA-Zimbabwe Alert Update 14 April 2016 Journalists and actor released Journalists Winstone Antonio, Sherpherd Tozvireva and Itai Zengenya who were arrested at the Parliament of Zimbabwe on 13 April 2016 together with playright and actor Sylvanos Mudzvova were all...
Media centre director released
MISA-Zimbabwe Alert Update 8 April 2016 Media Centre director released Earnest Mudzengi the director of the Media Centre was on 7 April 2016 released without charges after being detained for questioning at Harare Central Police Station for almost eight hours. Mudzengi...
State opposes bail for media rights group members
MMPZ advocacy officers Fadzai December and Molly Chimhanda, and the Gwanda chairperson of MMPZ’S Public Information Rights Forum Committee Gilbert Mabusa, are all being charged in connection with a civic education meeting held there last month. The State claims that...
MISA Zimbabwe member dies
MISA - Zimbabwe mourns the death of its member and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Current Affairs Manager, Freedom Moyo in the morning of Tuesday, 17 January 2012. Moyo was involved in a tragic car accident on Saturday 14 January in Harare. He was...
Zambia to host largest access to information conference since 2011: Pan African Conference on Access to Information
24 SEPTEMBER, 2013 – LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - Zambia will play host to over 150 participants attending the second regional ACTION (Access to Information) conference titled ''''''''Leveraging Continental Developments to Enhance the Adoption of Access to Information Laws in...
Statement on the Postal and Telecommunications (Subscriber Registration) Regulations
MISA-Zimbabwe takes note of the gazetting and regularisation of the subscriber registration process by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Development in terms of the Postal and Telecommunications Act. The regulation was effected through...
AU hails scrapping of criminal defamation in Zimbabwe
The Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Advocate Pansy Tlakula has commended the Zimbabwean government for scrapping criminal defamation from its statutes following a successful constitutional court application by MISA Zimbabwe.
Zim to improve mobile banking regulatory frameworks
Government is working on refining regulatory frameworks that govern mobile banking activities, to improve the administration of the sector, an official has said. Mobile banking refers to any system that enables regular banking services through a mobile phone. But many...