Statements and communiques
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...
Statement on International Day for Universal Access to Information 2019
This year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information Day (IDUAI) commemorated annually on 28 September comes at a timely moment for Zimbabwe to enact a democratic access to information...
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...
Denial of ZBC’s biased coverage buttresses calls for its transformation
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) on 23 May 2019 denied before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that its coverage is biased....
Position on government media law reforms progress update
On 20 May 2019 Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana, held a progress update meeting on the media law reform process. The meeting...
World Press Freedom Day Statement 2019
As the world commemorates World Press Freedom Day this year on 3 May, MISA Zimbabwe urges the Zimbabwean government to comply with regional and continental instruments as the sine qua non to the...
MISA Zimbabwe director elected into IFEX Governing Council
MISA Zimbabwe National Director Tabani Moyo was elected into the IFEX Governing Council at its elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Berlin, Germany, on 10 April 2019. He was elected with 12...
Joint statement on the media law reforms processes and engagements
The government through the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce (IMT) has drafted three draft Bills as part of its commitment and pledges...