Media Reforms Stakeholders Indaba Resolutions 20 April 2016 Jameson Hotel Harare Zimbabwe We, being delegates to the MISA-Zimbabwe facilitated Stakeholders Indaba on Media Law and Policy Reforms held on 20 April 2016 in Harare, Zimbabwe; Having debated and deliberated on the national importance of the media law and policy reforms in Zimbabwe; Informed by deliberations on the state of media law and policy reforms as well as the government-sanctioned Information and Media Panel of Inquiry recommendations, General Laws Amendments proposals, policy pronouncements, requisite model laws, constitutional provisions, including regional and international best practices; Noting with great concern, the slow pace in implementing media law and policy reforms; Cognisant of the fact that our new Constitution specifically recognises the right of all Zimbabweans to freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information and the right to privacy among other fundamental rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights: We hereby recommend the following action plans: 1. Madia Law and Policy Reforms a) All laws which curtail or have a negative impact on freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information must be repealed. b) The process of media law reforms should be driven by the supremacy of the constitution. c) Cyber-security laws should be enacted in consulation with media stakeholders and members of the public 2. Separation of Access to Information (ATI) and media regulation Government must repeal the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and replace it with two democratic laws. The first law should outline media rights and freedoms while the second one will promote the right to access to information. 1