‘‘ The Windhoek Declaration is critical for MISA Zimbabwe and indeed other media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information lobby and advocacy groups as it is the foundation upon which our work is built. and further informed by the fact that MISA Zimbabwe is the lead technical partner in terms of the media laws reform processes led by the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. MISA Zimbabwe is also in the SADC Internet Governance Forum Steering Committee and the Governing Council of the International Freedom of Expression (IFEX) Governing Council. In addition to the local initiatives, we also managed to participate in regional and international events such as the 66th Ordinary Sesssion of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, among others. In that regard, notable successes were recorded through our lobby and advocacy engagements with key stakeholders such as parliamentarians, relevant government officials and media industry players. The enactment of the Freedom of Information Act in 2020, as part of the unbundling of AIPPA, was one of the progressive steps taken by the government of Zimbabwe towards the alignment of the country’s laws with the Constitution, through its consultative processes with key media stakeholders. During the year under review, and as the country forged ahead with the media policy and law reform processes, another significant milestone was the licensing of the country’s first ever ‘privately owned’ television stations, and community radio stations. This is in line with the African Charter on Broadcasting’s three-tier broadcasting system. The three-tier system comprises public, commercial and community broadcasting , that MISA Zimbabwe, together with the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS), has incessantly been advocating for over the years in conformity with regional and international instruments that Zimbabwe is party to. Under its protracted Free the Airwaves Campaign, MISA Zimbabwe established preparatory Community Radio Initiatives throughout the country. The newly licensed Ntepe Manama Community Radio Trust in Matabeleland South province, is one such initiative. In the wake of the spike in media freedom violations that ensued during the first lockdown measures, MISA Zimbabwe successfully filed for a High Court order barring the police and any other state security agents from arresting, detaining or interfering with the work of journalists. Back-to-back with that application, we filed yet another successful application with the 2