An analysis of Social Media use in The SADC region - 2014 - 2020 other stakeholders to deal with those police officers found 106 wanting of contributing to ill social media platforms.” Furthermore, Zambia Police commission also said that “Police and Immigration officers spreading falsehoods on social media will be disciplined.”107 Adding to that, all WhatsApp group administrators in Zambia108 are now required to register the groups and set up codes of ethics or risk being arrested if there is a breach. The new rule was announced109 in June 2018 by Zambia Information and Communications Technology (ZICTA) Director, in a move widely perceived by many as efforts by the Zambian government to control free speech.110 In 2019, ruling party, Patriotic front (PF), through its Secretary General111 said112 the party had made progress in constituting a social media monitoring team for its members. In a statement113, they directed all members of the Party in the habit of taking insults to social media to immediately stop or face repercussions. Gagging free speech on social media - Case of Angola UN human rights Committee114 has shown concern115 “at reports that the Angolan media is largely controlled by the Government and the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola. It is also concerned at reports that the social communication legislative package was approved with minimal debate, despite opposition from the journalists’ union and others, and that it actually limits freedom of expression by, inter alia, giving the Ministry of Social Communication the authority to oversee how media organizations arrive at editorial decisions, and to fine or suspend the activities of violators of the law (arts. 9, 7 and 19). The Committee116 is particularly concerned about article 82 of the Press Law, which criminalizes publication of a text or image that is offensive to individuals, and the existence of defamation provisions in the new Penal Code, which may be used to silence dissent and penalize statements made by members of the media.” For example prominent journalist Rafael Marques de Morais who runs the critical news blog Maka Angola was charged with “crimen injuria” (insult) for an October 2016 article published on the news site that accused Angola’s attorney general of illegal business practices in his purchase of state-owned land.117 106 https://www.zambianobserver.com/police-officers-are-using-social-media-to-incite-citizens-to-rise-against-the-government-says-kampyongo/ 107 Zambia Police Service Commission chairperson Peter Chingaipe http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/social-media-cops-warned/ 108 https://www.techzim.co.zw/2018/06/whatsapp-admins-in-zambia-will-soon-need-to-be-registered-with-the-government/ 109 https://www.zambianobserver.com/video-zambia-to-start-registering-arresting-whatsapp-administrators/ 110 https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/whatsapp-admins-zambia-register-groups 111 Davies Mwile: https://diggers.news/local/2019/06/07/pf-social-media-crack-squad-making-progress-mwila/ 112 https://diggers.news/local/2019/06/07/pf-social-media-crack-squad-making-progress-mwila/ 113 https://diggers.news/local/2019/06/07/pf-social-media-crack-squad-making-progress-mwila/ 114 http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2FPPRiCAqhKb7yhssYKsbEpZrhJQHFJCpU9uxz45m4deD8qezOGyU3O5WmC18SkteKF77AvT1RBZIomxdi6zwKVUHSElM0s45jaPIll%2BGhH6F8EJNfJhZ%2B4UKRj 115 ibid 116 http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2FPPRiCAqhKb7yhssYKsbEpZrhJQHFJCpU9uxz45m4deD8qezOGyU3O5WmC18SkteKF77AvT1RBZIomxdi6zwKVUHSElM0s45jaPIll%2BGhH6F8EJNfJhZ%2B4UKRj 117 https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FOTN%202017_Angola.pdf 25 https://zimbabwe.misa.org