Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
It’s been 9 years since the Zimbabwean government made a pledge to come up with legislation to curb cyber crime. Of course, there’s no point in holding on to political pledges really. It’s just that it helps give a clear indication of how long we’ve been kicking an issue around. Now that we are in 2015, what has been done to make this a reality? Today we attended a round table discussion on the crafting of the cybercrime bill. The event (hosted by Media Centre) was meant as a discussion point for the potential impacts of the cybersecurity bill on freedom of expression, access to information and the right to privacy to general citizens and the Civil society. It was opened up to different stakeholders in ICT and cyber legislation like POTRAZ, media practitioners, Internet Service Providers and bloggers. Unfortunately, the ISPs and POTRAZ didn’t show up, however, there was representation from legislature. The main delivery was made by Nelson Chamisa, the former Minister of ICT and current chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services. Besides running through the basic aspects of the proposed bill and emphasizing how the bill had to come after a new Zimbabwe […]
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