d) 2. a) b) c) 3. developed by the media industry after wide consultations with journalists in all the country’s 10 provinces. That any attempts towards entrenchment of statutory regulation in Zimbabwe will not be accepted by the industry. Law Reforms Government should move with speed in its consultations and subsequent gazetting of the Broadcasting Services Act Amendment Bill. That laws such as the proposed Cyber and Data Protection Bill which passed through parliament and awaits the President’s assent, is in compliance with the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights’ (ACHPR) Revised Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information. The Declaration recognises the internet as a fundamental human right. That the government should revisit its Information and Media Panel of Inquiry (IMPI) report and its recommendations towards implementation of far-reaching policy and law reforms. Media Sustainability The media is one of the industries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, hence the government should consider the following interventions: a) Merging the various fragmented pockets of media development funds and establish a media development revolving fund to re-inject capital into the struggling industry. b) Consider tax breaks and moratoriums for a given period of time to allow the industry to recover. c) Ensure transparency on the current state of the Media Development Fund. Zimbabwe Media Practitioners Bill Following the enactment of the Zimbabwe Media Commission Act, MISA Zimbabwe and other partners under the umbrella Media Alliance of Zimbabwe, noted that the Act did not speak to the issue of coregulation of the media as had been earlier agreed at a multi-stakeholder engagement meeting with media practitioners and media organisations together with the policy makers. MISA Zimbabwe was therefore tasked by the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services to develop the draft Bill for purposes of giving effect to co-regulation of the media through resolutions made at a meeting Mutare. The Draft Bill was duly drafted and presented to the Ministry. This Bill is critical in ensuring that media freedom is promoted through a regulatory framework where an industry-led media council is the primary regulator of the media while the Zimbabwe Media Commission plays a supportive role, including that of being an appellate body in the event of failure to resolve complaints at the primary entry point of level. Several advocacy interventions were undertaken to support the developments around this Bill including the following: Multi-stakeholder Engagement meeting in June 2021 in Mutare. 18