ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE RECOMMENDATIONS Zimbabwe seems to be sliding back into the dark ages of clamping down on social media and the internet by introducing a Cybercrime Bill which is intended to silence government critics. There is a long standing plan by government to clamp down on social media after President Mugabe said Zimbabwe needed to emulate China’s way of dealing with social media. Evidence shows that most of the institutions are now taking online communication seriously, a good number of them responded through email. While this is commendable it neglects the fact that the majority of citizens do not yet have access to internet. Government must first ensure that the existing access to information legislation is aligned with the new Constitution before promulgating new laws whose objective is to stifle access to information. Government could also improve simple administrative procedures in its institutions in terms of clarity on where information requests should be taken. There should be clear guidelines on how to obtain public information. The current situation where this is explained only after approaching government departments, is not ideal. 118