An analysis of Social Media use in The SADC region - 2014 - 2020 communications industry by providing platforms for cheap communication through calls and messages. The new tax, was expected to fetch USD 22 million annually229. Special Taxation: Case of Tanzania The Tanzanian government signed into law the Electronic and Postal Communications (online content) Regulations 2018, which came into effect in April 2018230 to impose an indirect tax through licensing and registration fees paid annually to the TCRA. The registration and licensing is inconsistent 231 with the right to freedom of expression as set out in the Tanzanian constitution, and in the country’s international obligations. According 232 to TCRA Director General, 262 organisations and individuals applied for registration, but only 178 did not meet the licensing requirements. Only 65 of the applicants met all the requirements to be licensed to provide content but 45 managed to pay the fees. 229 https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Zambia-seeks-USD22-million-in-tax-on-internet-/2560-4713400-cmhq5lz/index.html 230 https://www.article19.org/resources/tanzania-restrictive-regulations-online-content-signed-law/ 231 https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/12/africa/tanzania-blogging-internet-freedoms-africa/index.html 232 https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/TCRA-clears-45-online-service-providers/1840340-4580688-x9prcjz/index. html 47 https://zimbabwe.misa.org