20 September 2017 VICTORY Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Kampamba Mulenga, urged government departments and private firms that owe public media houses for advertising and other services to start liquidating the debt to enhance financial sustainability of the institutions. In an interview, Mulenga said government departments and private companies owe public media houses a lot of money in advertisement, which is affecting their operations. She said government departments and private companies should start liquidating the debt to improve the cash flow of public media houses. 22 September 2017 VICTORY Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Kampamba Mulenga confirmed that the Access to Information Bill will be presented to Parliament for enactment as soon as the cabinet approval process is complete. The Minister noted: “there were 13 pieces of legislation that would impede on the implementation of the access to information bill. These pieces of legislation will have to be amended by the ministry of justice” and the government remained committed to ensuring that the pieces of legislation were worked on as soon as possible. 25 September 2017 HARASSED Muvi TV journalist Oswald Yambani was harassed by traffic officers who allegedly pepper sprayed and beat the journalist in their offices. 6 October 2017 LEGISLATED The IBA summoned Prime TV CEO Gerald Shawa for alleged non-compliance in broadcasting services according to Section 29(2) of the IBA Act. The IBA letter to Prime TV cited Section 29 (2) of the IBA Act which provides that “where a broadcasting license does not comply with this Act or with the conditions of the broadcasting license, the Authority shall notify the broadcasting licensee of the measures that the broadcasting licensee should undertake, within a specified period, to comply with the conditions of this Act or broadcasting license.” It was not clarified in the letter in how far Prime TV failed to comply with the Act. Shawa was furthermore asked to submit recordings of three programmes before the licensing committee. 7 October 2017 THREATENED In a statement released to the media on 7 October, Information Minister Kampamba Mulenga said that government is currently looking at enforcing laws against cybercrime, including online falsehoods. She warned individuals who were writing false stories on social media that it was considered a criminal offence to write and publish fake news both offline and online. Ms Kampamba’s statement came after a fake online article headlined; ‘Minister wupports arresting of men who dump women after a year of dating’. 19 October 2017 CENSORED Zambia Information Communication Technologies (ZICTA) confiscated a transmitter from Vision Community Radio Macha after