MISA ANNUAL REPORT 2020 High Court compelling the Ministry of Health and Child Care and the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, to promote citizens’ access to information pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic. While MISA Zimbabwe welcomes the Ministry of Information’s open door policy and engagements with media stakeholders in its quest to break with the past, the ultimate objective and outcome should be that of entrenching the pillars of democracy as pledged by President Emmerson Mnangangwa. The government should thus live up to the letter and spirit of the Constitution through genuine and democratic media law and policy reforms in line with regional and international instruments it is state party to. As highlighted in my 2019 Annual Report, the 2021 30th anniversary of the 1991 Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press, give us immense opportunity to reflect and take stock on the milestones that have been achieved and what still needs to be done towards the realisation of the benchmarks envisaged under the Windhoek Declaration. 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. The Declaration is a historic document that gave birth to the World Press Freedom Day commemorations as we know them today, and the African Charter on Broadcasting, among its other benchmarks. ‘‘ 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. 3 https://zimbabwe.misa.org