Align media laws with constitution

03 May 2016

My take on the importance of aligning Zimbabwe’s media laws with the country’s ‘new’ constitution of 2013.

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This article was commissioned and first published by DW Akademie, as part of the Media and Information Literacy week commemorations. Media and Information Literacy is essential for citizens to claim their human rights, especially in the digital sphere. Zimbabwean digital rights activist Koliwe Majama explores the barriers against MIL in Africa. Although comparatively lower than in […]

How MIL enables citizens to claim their digital righ… 03 Nov 2020

Zimbabwe is set to commemorate the International Day for Universal Access to Information on the 28th of September 2020. This comes at a time when the country, alongside the rest of the world, is faced with a health pandemic that has moved citizens’ daily communication, education, work, trade, and access to basic services from physical interactions to, mostly, online interactions.

Solidifying internet rights to increase information … 28 Sep 2020

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The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (AfDec) Coalition have set 2020 as the year for robust advocacy for an open and free internet as well as the strategic promotion of online human rights in Africa. AfDec’s work is hinged on the promotion of the 13 principles of the African Declaration. The Coalition is a […]

AfDec to advocate for robust, open and free internet… 17 Jan 2020