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Policy Brief: Addressing The Gaps In The Data Protection, Privacy And Surveillance Legislation (Now Available!)

The main relevant pieces of legislation regarding surveillance are the Interception of Communications Act [Chapter 11:20] and the Postal and Telecommunications Act. The supposed principal purpose of these pieces of legislation is to give effect to various fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act, 2023, 4 including the right to privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information.

ACHPR Special Rapporteur engages Mnangagwa on ‘Patriot Bill’

In a letter to President Mnangagwa last week, the Commissioner advised that the proposed law will have the effect of curtailing the exercise of rights such as media freedom and freedom of expression, the right to privacy, access to information, freedom of conscience, political rights, freedom to demonstrate and petition, and freedom of assembly and association.

POTRAZ to investigate alleged third-party access to personal data

“We take this opportunity to assure MISA Zimbabwe in particular, and the public in general, that the Data Protection Authority (DPA) is on a trajectory to promote and enforce better protection of personal information in line with the mandate encapsulated under the Act.”

MISA Zimbabwe 2022 State of the Media Report (Now Available)

While Zimbabwe is commendably not among the African countries with jailed journalists, the country witnessed an upsurge in the number of cases involving the assaults of journalists at political gatherings/rallies, with some sustaining injuries for which they sought medical treatment.