Statements and communiques
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...
Imperative need to genuinely free the airwaves in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government through the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has called for applications for broadcasting services licences for three main categories namely: free to air national...
Zimbabwe’s Broadcasting Service’s Act requires extensive amendment
MISA Zimbabwe on the occasion of the commemorations of World Radio Day on 13 February 2020 urges the government of Zimbabwe to urgently prioritise the transformation of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting...
Statement: MISA Zimbabwe calls for genuine liberalisation of broadcasting services sector
On 31 January 2020, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services gazetted two Statutory Instruments. SI 26 of 2020 regulates Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Services...
Zimbabwe’s Freedom of Information Bill requires fine tuning
MAZ/MISA Zimbabwe statement on parliamentary report on Freedom of Information Bill The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) in conjunction with MISA Zimbabwe welcomes the release of the Parliamentary...
Internet freedom and access on the decline in Zimbabwe
Statistics from three publications released over the last few weeks paint a sober picture of internet access, use and freedom in Zimbabwe. A combination of factors have contributed to a drop in the...
Statement on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
MISA Zimbabwe, on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, commemorated annually on 2 November, urges the government to take concrete steps towards...
Statement on UN Proclamation on International Day for Access to Information 2018
The United Nations’ official endorsement of 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information is an opportunity the Zimbabwean government should seize to domesticate...
The right to privacy, interception of communications and surveillance in Zimbabwe
Colleagues! We have just published an analysis of the right to privacy, interception of communications and surveillance laws in Zimbabwe. The Constitution of Zimbabwe provides for the right to...