The government of Malawi has set 30 September 2020 as the day when its Access to Information Act comes into operation, almost three years after it was signed into law….
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Police officers on 30 July 2020 raided and ransacked the home of ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo reportedly looking for information on subversive materials linked…
What is the purpose of the new Bill? According to the Bill’s memorandum, the purpose of this Bill is “to consolidate cyber related offences and provide for data protection with…
The signing into law of the Freedom of Information Act as part of the processes of repealing the draconian and widely discredited Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act…
A local community radio initiative Y-Star FM has called upon the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) to license community radio stations focusing on youth affairs, saying that component was overlooked…
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services together with the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) embarked on an outreach programme to educate the Manama community in Gwanda on the…
With the ubiquity of social media, governments in Southern Africa are coming up with several regulations under the pretext of regulating the scourge of misinformation, yet they will be targeting…
High Court judge Justice Happias Zhou on 3 June 2020 ordered the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to suspend its accreditation process following an urgent application instituted by the Zimbabwe Online…
As the continent commemorates Africa Day on 25 May 2020 it is worrying that the majority of Southern African countries, typical of fragile states, are taking advantage of the outbreak…
The Zimbabwe Media Commission has issued a statement clarifying concerns over the new accreditation categories for journalists and other media workers following a meeting held with MISA Zimbabwe in Harare…