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Communiqué on media developments in the past week
Two major media-related pronouncements by the Ministry of Information and the President were made this week.
Statement on International Day for Universal Access to Information 2019
This year’s Right to Know Day comes at a timely moment for Zimbabwe following the gazetting of the country’s Freedom of Information Bill.
ZPC move to acquire more surveillance drones
Zimbabwe Power Company reportedly introduced drone surveillance to help curb theft cases.
Chinese firms are driving the rise of AI surveillance across Africa
Artificial intelligence is proliferating fast across the world and is being deployed in applications from speech recognition to monitoring traffic congestion.
MDC Alliance security agents confiscate journalist’s camera
Unidentified MDC Alliance security agents confiscated a camera belonging to journalist Ari Goldstein during the party’s rally in Glen View.
Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill commentary now available!
We have just published a detailed Commentary on the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill, complete with recommendations on further improvements that can still be made on the Bill before it is passed into law.
Journalist summoned to police station
Officers in the President’s department this morning, 29 August 2019, invited 263Chat journalist Lovejoy Mutongwiza for an interview at the Harare Central Police station.
Journalist arrested while filming teachers demo
Leopold Munhende a journalist with NewZimbabwe.Com was on 23 August 2019 reportedly arrested at the New Government Complex in Harare while covering a demonstration by members of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ).
Statement on abduction of Bustop TV comedian
MISA Zimbabwe urges the Zimbabwean authorities and the police to swiftly investigate the case involving the reported assault and abduction of Bustop TV comedian Samantha Kureya by unidentified armed men from her home in Harare’s high-density suburb of Mufakose.