MISA Zimbabwe reiterates its calls for Zimbabwe to adopt and implement the United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.
Digital rights
Upholding information integrity and democratic resilience in Southern Africa
Addressing information disorder requires sustained capacity-building and regional cooperation, as exemplified by initiatives such as MISA’s Connected Media, Informed Citizens project, which supports journalists and citizens in combating disinformation.
Access to information and information integrity inseparable in the digital age
The Zimbabwe National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2026 – 2030) presents an opportunity for the country to move beyond being a consumer of technologies developed elsewhere and to build greater domestic capacity in AI.
Internet affordability and access in Zimbabwe
According to POTRAZ’s 4th Quarter 2025 report, the internet penetration rate stood at 84.55%. Last year, the local operator NetOne reported that its 3G network covers approximately 50 percent of the geography and 80 percent of the population. Its 4G network reaches 32 percent of the geography and 69 percent of the population.
Worrying increase in women journalists experiencing technology-driven abuse
According to a report by ZimFact, nearly one in three women journalists (29%), have experienced sexual abuse in the newsroom. Online harassment remains largely unpunished, discouraging victims from speaking out and diminishing their participation in public discourse.
Ensuring safety for women journalists in the Digital Age
There is a need to develop safety mechanisms for women journalists, while also creating frameworks for prosecuting perpetrators of online and offline violence against media workers, particularly female journalists.
The Freedom of Expression Climate survey 2025- Now Available!
The Freedom of Expression Climate survey of Spaces of Solidarity focuses on the trends, challenges and issues that media and civil society actors in Southern Africa prioritise.
MISA Botswana, BDF collaborate on Media in Peace Support Operations
MISA Botswana Chairperson, Thomas Nkhoma, facilitated the lecture and also participated in a panel discussion on local and international perceptions of the media’s role in covering military operations and the complex relationship between the two sectors.
MISA launches fifth annual state of press freedom report
The report documents urgent media issues such as the legal environment impacting access to information and media freedom across the region. It aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.10 and is part of the Media 4 SDGs Series.
Increased urgency and momentum key to addressing barriers and biases women face
Resolution 522 highlights and laments that, digital violence is increasingly gendered and disproportionately affects women, through inter alia threats of sexual violence, misogynistic disinformation campaigns and revenge pornography…