Statements and communiques
MISA files urgent COVID-19 court application
MISA Zimbabwe has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking an order compelling the government to publish and disseminate with immediate effect information on the private and...
COVID-19 is the enemy, not the media!
The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic among other major challenges poses the greatest test to Zimbabwe’s respect for its Bill of Rights more so as it pertains to media freedom and citizens’ right...
The Zimbabwe Lockdown vis-à-vis Internet Governance
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating effects worldwide with numerous infections and deaths having been recorded in places like Italy and China. From a statement released by the...
The struggle to access information in Zimbabwe continues
MISA Zimbabwe notes with concern that highly questionable fees, which do not promote the exercise of rights, have been effected recently by different agencies. The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC)...
Notice: MISA Zimbabwe measures on COVID-19
MISA Zimbabwe by virtue of this notification has with immediate effect downscaled its operations to reduce the possible spreading of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) among its staff and other...
Exorbitant fees hamper Zimbabwean citizens’ right to information
Following the reviewing of listeners' licence fees for both radio and television by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, another Statutory Instrument, SI 63 of 2020 Broadcasting (Listener’s...
Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill needs to be fine-tuned
The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) in conjunction with MISA Zimbabwe welcomes the release of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services’ report on the...
Zimbabwe Parliament grills BAZ over radio stations licensing criteria
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) board on 5 March 2020 was grilled by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services following government’s...
Zimbabwe needs to adopt a rights-based approach in regulation of the Internet
Zimbabwe has been in the process of aligning its laws with the 2013 Constitution resulting in the unbundling in 2019 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) through the...