The Media Institute of Southern Africa is an umbrella organisation representing MISA national chapters in the SADC region. MISA defends and promotes media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information.
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Analysis of the Data Protection Act
On 3 December 2021, Zimbabwe enacted the Data Protection Act which also has aspects relating to cybersecurity and cybercrimes. The object of this Act is “to increase data protection in order to build confidence and trust in the secure use of information and...
Cell phone levy detrimental to universal access to information
MISA Zimbabwe supports the push by parliamentarians to scrap the US$50,00 levy on new cell phone handsets as this will impact negatively on internet access and citizens’ rights to information. Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube,...
Parliament adopts National media policy
The arduous journey of establishing and legalising a policy that would represent the best interests of a free media has finally reached a desirable and much-anticipated end, this after the adoption of the National Media Policy by the National Assembly in Maseru...
Current state of media freedom and free expression in Lesotho concerning
The Lesotho chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Lesotho) has noted with grave concern the exponential growth in the number of media violations meted against individual journalists and workers of media institutions as well as media organizations,...
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