This panel discussion focused on the development and progress made on
the draft Cyber Crimes and Cyber Security Bill. This draft Bill is relevant
to the IGC because it has a direct impact on the right to privacy, and the
right to freedom of expression, as well as other rights which fall outside
the scope of the current report. Anriette Esterhuysen sent her apologies
for not being able to be part of this panel as was indicated in the original
programme outline.

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Christopher Musodza, Digital Society
of Zimbabwe

“acts such as staying
logged onto a Wi-Fi
network beyond the
expected legitimate
period was still
criminalised by the
current version of the
draft Bill.”

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Misa Zimbabwe Second Internet Governance Multi
Stakeholder Conference 21 September 2017

Christopher Musodza started off the
discussion by giving a background
to the draft Bill and the various forms
the Bill has taken over the past four
years. He shared a brief background
to the HIPSSA process and how
Zimbabwe ended up with its first draft
of the Computer Crimes and Cyber
Crimes Bill, as it was initially known.
His presentation was largely based on
the position paper drafted by MISA
Zimbabwe in collaboration with Digital
Society of Zimbabwe which outlined
the provisions of the draft Bill which
were against the provisions and spirit
of the Zimbabwean Constitution. For
example, the use of keystroke loggers,
or the condoning of searches without
warrants. He then related how some
of the issues raised in the above
mentioned position paper were actually
incorporated into the current version of
the draft Bill. He however, pointed out
that acts such as staying logged onto
a Wi-Fi network beyond the expected
legitimate period was still criminalised
by the current version of the draft Bill.

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